Sara left a bin outside in her garden to collect rainwater. She notices that 1 over 8 gallon of water fills 2 over 3 of the bin. Write and solve an equation to find the amount of water that will fill the entire bin. Show your work. Explain your answer in words.
i had a question kinda like this but it was 4 gallon not 8. I can show you how my teacher told me to sole it if you want...
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@moneybaby980 Volume of: ¼ gal = Volume of: ⅔ bin Volume of: x gal = Volume of: 1 bin This is a proportion problem: (¼) ⁄ (⅔) = x ⁄ 1 (¼) ⁄ (⅔) = x (1 ⁄ 4) • (3 ⁄ 2) = x 3 ⁄ 8 = x ... total gallons required to fill entire bin To fill the bin, note that the number of additional gallons that need to be added to the initial ¼ gal is: (3 ⁄ 8 gal) – (1 ⁄ 4 gal) = (1 ⁄ 8 gal)
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