SOLUTION: If 2.5 tablespoons of a lawn fertilizer is to be mixed with 3 gallons of water, how many tablespoons of fertilizer should be mixed with 24 ball and of water?. Show work

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Question 1062080: If 2.5 tablespoons of a lawn fertilizer is to be mixed with 3 gallons of water, how many tablespoons of fertilizer should be mixed with 24 ball and of water?. Show work
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If 2.5 tablespoons of a lawn fertilizer is to be mixed with 3 gallons of water, how many tablespoons of fertilizer
should be mixed with 24 ball and of water?. Show work
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Use the proportion

2.5%2F3 = x%2F24.


Solve for x:  x = %282.5%2A24%29%2F3 = 2.5*8 = 20.


Answer.  20 tablespoons.

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