Question

A coffee mug can hold of 3/5 pint of water. How many mugs could be filled by 6 pints of water?

Answer 1

This is a good example of why math skills are important in chemistry. No one wants to run out of coffee!! ;)

This is a fractional ratio problem. Six pints is `(30/5)` pints. How many `3/5` pints are in that amount? Divide -
`(30/5)`/`(3/5)` = `(30/5)`*`(5/3)` = `(30/3)` = `10`.

CHECK: `10 * (3/5) = (30/5) = 6` Correct!