Drinking 6 flud ounces of milk provides 202.5 milligrams of calcium. How many fluid ounces of milk are required to provide 52.5 milligrams of calcium? Round to the nearest tenth.

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anonymous · Answer

set up a ratio

202.5/6 = 52.5/x

anonymous · Answer

I dont get it? o3o

anonymous · Answer

mg of calcium / oz of milk = mg of calcium / oz of milk

They are proportional to each other, so after the proportion is set up you can use cross multiplication to solve for x (the number of oz milk with 52.2 mg of calcium)