SOLUTION: If i need 8 oz of onion to make 1/2gal then how many ones will i need to make 1 quart and one 1/2 gal.

Question 64211: If i need 8 oz of onion to make 1/2gal then how many ones will i need to make 1 quart and one 1/2 gal.
Answer by checkley71(8403) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
set up a fractional relationship thus
8oz. onion/.5gal=x/(1quart+.5gal.)
8/.5=x/(.25+.5)
8/.5=x/.75 now cross multiply
.5x=8*.75
.5x=6
x=6/.5
x=12 oz. of onions needed to keep the same strength.
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