Rosy waxes 2/3 of her car with 1/4 bottle of car wax. At this rate , what fraction of the bottle of car wax will rosy use to wax the entire car ?
Mathematics · Middle School · Wed Jan 13 2021
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Given :
car waxed = 2/3 of car
Wax used = 1/4 of bottle
let wax used to wax the entire car be x. Then,
(2/3)/(1/4) = 1/x
solving for x
8/3 = 1/x
Cross-Multiplying , we get
x = 3/8
Thus, 3/8 bottle of car wax is used to wax the entire car.