Mr. yu applies 1/2 ounce of fertilizer to every 5/8 square meter of his lawn. how many ounces of fertilizer does mr. yu use per square meter for his lawn? enter your answer in the box as a fraction in simplest form.

 ounce

Step-by-step explanation:

We can use rule of three to answer this problem.

The data we have is the following:

fertilizer (ounces)        area(m^2)

            1/2                ⇒     5/8

              x                 ⇒       1

the x represents the unknown quantity of fertilizer that is used in one square meter.

Now we multiply the cross quantities and divide by the remaining value.

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He will use 4/5 ounces of fertilizer per square meter.

explanation:

previous steps have made pa≅ pb ≅ st ≅ su. setting the compass width to ab allows you to make tu the same length. then δstu ≅ δpab by the sss congruence postulate, and ∠p ≅ ∠s by the reason cpctc.