How do you write 13 quarts to 4 gallons in fractional notation in lowest terms?
1 Answer
Explanation:
You can write ratios two ways
Method 1
Method 2
Method 2 is easier for general calculations and conversions and it is the required format for this question.
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We need to make the units of measurement the same. So they either have to be all in gallons or quarts
I select to use gallons as the common units.
As the name suggests, a quart is
So as we have 13 quarts we have 13 of
This is
Thus
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Convert them all into quarts
there are 4 quarts in 1 gallon so 4 gallons is
Note that 13 is a prime number so