Mr. meadows has a 6 1⁄2 gallon bucket. his dipping can holds 1 1⁄2 gallons. how many times does he have to dip into the pond with the dipping can to fill the bucket to the top?

If you were to divide 6 1/2 by 1/12 you would get 4.3 (repeating) but since you cant take .3 of a trip to fill an entire bucket and 4 turns wouldn't fill it completely,

Mr meadows would have to take 5 trips

5 times

Step-by-step explanation:

Hi, to answer this question we have to divide the capacity of the bucket (6 1⁄2 gallon) by the amount of gallons that the dip can hold ( 1 1/2)

6 1/2 ÷ 1 1/2 =  

First, we convert to improper fractions

(6x2)+1 / 2 ÷ (1x2)+1 /2 = 13/2 ÷ 3/2

Dividing:

13/2 ÷ 3/2 = (13 x 2 ) / (2x3) = 26/6 = 13/3 = 4.33 times = 5 times ( since in 4 times  the bucket is not filled yet)

arrange the equations with like terms in columns.

analyze the coefficients of x or y.

add the equations and solve for the remaining variable.

substitute the value into either equation and solve.

check the solution.

step-by-step explanation:

7 ft 6 in means 7 1/2, because 6 in is 1/2 of a foot. 7 ft 8 in means 7 2/3 because 8 in is 2/3 of a foot. 23/3 = 7 2/3. 15/2 = 7 1/2.

23/3   *   15/2   = 57 1/2

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