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A fountain holds 12,500 gallons of water. Joe wants to find how many liters that is. (1 L=0.26 gal; 1 gal= 3.79 ) Which proportion could he use to solve for the number of liters?

A. 1 L/0.26=12,500 gal/x L

B. 0.26 gal/1 L= 1 gal/12,500 L

C. 3.79 L/1 gal= 12,500 gal/x L

D. 1 gal/3.79 L= 12,500 gal/x L
4 years ago

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oobleck
gal * L/gal = L
or, as a proportion,
xL/12500gal = 3.79L/1gal
12500gal/xL = 0.26gal/1L
4 years ago

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