SOLUTION: An outboard motor calls for a fuel mixture that has a gasoline-to-oil ratio of 50 to 1. How many pints of oil should be added to 6 gallons of gasoline?
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Question 40965: An outboard motor calls for a fuel mixture that has a gasoline-to-oil ratio of 50 to 1. How many pints of oil should be added to 6 gallons of gasoline?
Answer by fractalier(6550) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
6 gallons = 48 pints so the proportion we use is
50 is to 1 as 48 is to x OR
50/1 = 48/x
now cross-multiply and solve
50x = 48
x = .96 pints
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