SOLUTION: If you have to mix 1 gallon of water with 1/4 cup of mixing solution, how would you figure out how much you would need if you only use 1 quart of water.

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Question 1210377: If you have to mix 1 gallon of water with 1/4 cup of mixing solution, how would you figure out how much you would need if you only use 1 quart of water.
Found 2 solutions by ikleyn, timofer:
Answer by ikleyn(52817) About Me  (Show Source):
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If you have to mix 1 gallon of water with 1/4 cup of mixing solution,
how would you figure out how much you would need if you only use 1 quart of water.
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One gallon is  4  quarts.

Or,  in other words,  one quart is  1/4  of a gallon.

So,  following to your recipe,  if you have  1/4  of a gallon of water,  you need to mix it

with   %281%2F4%29%2A%281%2F4%29 = 1%2F16   of a cup of mixing solution,  to keep the assigned proportion.



Answer by timofer(105) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
"to mix 1 gallon of water with 1/4 cup of mixing solution, how would you figure out how much you would need if you only use 1 quart of water?"

Using 4 quarts of water needs 1/4 cup of "mixing solution".
Using 1 quart of water needs 1/4 of 1/4 cup of "mixing solution".
%281%2F4%29%281%2F4%29=1%2F16