You have a large container of olive oil.
You have used 25 quarts of oil. Twenty -
five percent of the olive oil remains. How
many quarts of olive oil remain?
10 years ago
10 years ago
0.75x = 25
x = 33.333 original quarts
33.333 - 25 = 8.3
10 years ago
Let's check.
25 + 8.3 = 33.3
What is 75% of 33.3?
0.75 * 33.3 = 25
10 years ago
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6 years ago
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11 months ago
To find out how many quarts of olive oil remain, we need to calculate 25% of the total amount of olive oil.
Given that 25% of the olive oil remains, it means that 75% has been used (100% - 25% = 75%).
Now, let's assume the total amount of olive oil in the container is 'x' quarts.
To find 75% of 'x', we can multiply 'x' by 0.75, since 75% can be expressed as a decimal fraction (75% = 0.75).
Therefore, the calculation is: 0.75 * x = 25 quarts (the amount used).
To solve for 'x', we divide both sides of the equation by 0.75:
x = 25 / 0.75
By performing the calculation, we get:
x ≈ 33.33 quarts
So, approximately 33.33 quarts of olive oil were initially in the container.
Since we used 25 quarts, the remaining amount of olive oil is:
33.33 quarts - 25 quarts = 8.33 quarts.
Therefore, approximately 8.33 quarts of olive oil remain in the container.