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oregonduck (oregonduck):
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.
oregonduck (oregonduck):
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oregonduck (oregonduck):
help plz 7th grade math
OpenStudy (cookie_2046):
So,
One-eighth gallon of water will fill two-thirds of the bin.
We want the sentence: "x gallons of water will fill three-thirds of the bin."
What we do is multiply two-thirds by its reciprocal (three-halves) and make sure we do it on both sides.
\[\frac{ 1 }{ 8 }=\frac{ 2 }{ 3 }x \]
\[\frac{ 3 }{ 2 }*\frac{ 1 }{ 8}=x\]
\[\frac{ 3 }{ 16 }gal.=x\]
So your equation would look like this:
\[\frac{ 1 }{ 8 } * \frac{ 3 }{ 2}gal.water=x\]
oregonduck (oregonduck):
NO YOU COPIED CHEATER NO MEDAL FOR YOU
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