SOLUTION: There are 48 ounces of bleach in 4 gallons of a solution. How much bleach is in 15 quarts of the solution?

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Question 709760: There are 48 ounces of bleach in 4 gallons of a solution. How much bleach is in 15 quarts of the solution?
Answer by josmiceli(19441) About Me  (Show Source):
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There are 4 quarts in a gallon, so in 4 gallons,
there are +4%2A4+=+16+ quarts
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I can set up the ratio:
+48+%2F+16+=+x+%2F+15+
Multiply both sides by +15%2A16+
+48%2A15+=+16x+
+720+=+16x+
+x+=+720%2F16+
+x+=+45+
There are 45 ounces of bleach in 15 quarts of solution