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It takes 0.5 gallon of cream to make 1 pound of butter.

A.How much butter could you make with 0.25 gallons of cream?

B.How much cream would you need to make 2.5 pounds of butter?

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A) .5 pounds
B) 1.25 gallons

Using proportions, it is found that:

A. 0.5 pounds of butter.

B. 1.25 gallons of cream.

  • These questions are solved by proportions, using a rule of three, due to the relation given(0.5 gallon of cream - 1 pound of butter).

Item a:

  • x pounds for 0.25 gallons.

The rule of three is:

0.5 gallon of cream - 1 pound of butter

0.25 gallons of cream - x pounds of butter

Applying cross multiplication:

[tex]0.5x = 0.25[/tex]

[tex]x = \frac{0.25}{0.5}[/tex]

[tex]x = 0.5[/tex]

Thus, you could make 0.5 pounds of butter.

Item b:

0.5 gallon of cream - 1 pound of butter

x gallons of cream - 2.5 pounds of butter

[tex]x = 2.5(0.5) = 1.25[/tex]

You would need 1.25 gallons of cream.

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