Question

the gasoline/oil ratio for a certain leaf blower is 50 to 1. If 1 gallon equals 128 fluid ounces how many fluid ounces of oil should be mixed with 10 gallons of gasoline? round the answer to the nearest whole ounce

Answer 1

Explanation:

We have the gasoline/oil ratio 50:1, which means that for each 50 units of gasoline we have to add 1 unit of oil.

If we have 10 gallons of gasoline we need:

$\frac{10}{50}=0.2$

0.2 gallons of oil. In fluid ounces:

$0.2\times128=25.6$

25.6 fl oz, rounded to the nearest whole ounce that's 26 fl oz

Answer:

26 fluid ounces