Answered

Discover the answers to your questions at Westonci.ca, where experts share their knowledge and insights with you. Connect with a community of professionals ready to provide precise solutions to your questions quickly and accurately. Discover in-depth answers to your questions from a wide network of professionals on our user-friendly Q&A platform.

Keiko always takes her water bottle with her when she hikes, and she always drinks half a liter of water for every mile she hikes. Yesterday, she hiked a mile. What fraction of a liter of water did she drink?

Sagot :

hello

whenever she hikes, she drinks half bottle for 1/2 mile. But yesterday, she hiked 1 mile.

let the number of miles she hiked be represented by y

number of bottles she drank be represented by x

[tex]\begin{gathered} \frac{1}{2}=1\text{mi} \\ x=\frac{3}{4} \\ \text{cross multiply} \\ \frac{3}{4}\times\frac{1}{2}=x\times1 \\ x=\frac{3}{8} \end{gathered}[/tex]

from the calculation above, she drank 3/8 of a bottle

[tex]y=\frac{1}{2}x[/tex]

the above is the general expression

so for every mile she hiked, we can easily calculate the quantity of water she drank

Thank you for visiting our platform. We hope you found the answers you were looking for. Come back anytime you need more information. We hope you found this helpful. Feel free to come back anytime for more accurate answers and updated information. Westonci.ca is here to provide the answers you seek. Return often for more expert solutions.