When mixing cleaners the directions may say mix 5 parts water to 2 part clorox. Write it as 3 different ways (ratio).
If i needed 6 gal of

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anonymous · Answer

if i need 6 gal of water, how much clorox will i need?

shadowfiend · Answer

So, first off, let's look at the three different ways to write it.

One ratio is obviously 5 : 2 -- 5 parts water to 2 parts clorox.

Are the other two forms ratios or can they be fractions?

anonymous · Answer

ratios

anonymous · Answer

ratios

anonymous · Answer

so it would be 5 to 2 an 5/2?

shadowfiend · Answer

Right. Also you can flip it around -- 2 : 5, or 2 parts clorox to 5 parts water.

anonymous · Answer

okay so on to the second part it gives me a hint to use a proportion to figure the problem out

shadowfiend · Answer

Right.

shadowfiend · Answer

So basically you can say `if I have 5 parts of water to 2 parts of clorox, and I have 6 gallons of water, how much clorox do I have'.

You can set that up by setting the two fractions equal to each other:

$$\frac{5}{2} = \frac{6}{x}$$

You can flip that so it's a little easier to solve for $x$ -- just remember to flip both sides!

$$\frac{2}{5} = \frac{x}{6}$$