SOLUTION: You have a large container of olive oil. You have used 25 quarts of oil.
Twenty-five percent of the olive oil remains. How many quarts of olive oil
remain?
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Question 1112084: You have a large container of olive oil. You have used 25 quarts of oil.
Twenty-five percent of the olive oil remains. How many quarts of olive oil
remain?
Answer by greenestamps(13200) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
If 25% of the oil remains, then you have used 75% of the oil.
Since 75% is 3 times as much as 25%, the amount remaining is 1/3 of the amount you have used.
1/3 of 25 quarts is 25/3 quarts, or 8 1/3 quarts.
ANSWER: 8 1/3 quarts.
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