Question

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A factory has 10 pounds of red dye for its marbles. Each batch of
marbles uses 0.2 pound of red dye.
a. Juan says that the factory can make 5 batches of marbles with
the 10 pounds of dye. Explain why his statement is not reasonable.

Answer 1

Answer:

10 ÷ 0.2=50

Step-by-step explanation:

10 lbs in total. Each batch uses 0.2 lbs.

We can find how many batches can be made by dividing 10 by 0.2.

10 ÷ 0.2=50

Juan is incorrect because if they could only make 5 batches then they would have only had 1 pound of red dye available.

They have 10 pounds of red dye available to make marbles, and if each batch takes only 0.2 lbs of it, then they can make 50 batches of marbles.