josh mixed 5 quarts of dry ingredients and 2 quarts of water to make a batch of concrete. he ran out of the mixture before finishing her project so she made another batch using 10 quarts of dry ingredients

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and 4 quarts of water. How many total quarts of dry ingredients did Josh use for his project?

5 quarts + 10 quarts = 15 quarts

Josh used a total of 15 quarts of dry ingredients for his project.
how many quarts of water does josh need to add to keep the consistency the same? complete the ratio square.
batch 1 has 5 on the top and 2 on the bottom 5 is the dry ingredients and 2 is the water. batch 2 has 10 dry ingredients and a empty box under it
To keep the consistency the same, the ratio of dry ingredients to water should remain constant.

Batch 1: 5 quarts of dry ingredients to 2 quarts of water = 5:2
Batch 2: 10 quarts of dry ingredients to x quarts of water = 10: x

To find the value of x, we can set up a proportion:

5/2 = 10/x

Cross multiply:
5x = 20
x = 20 / 5
x = 4

So, Josh needs to add 4 quarts of water to keep the consistency the same.