Andre makes another sculpture that uses 2 2/5 times as much bronze as the small sculpture which is 105/12 bronze. How many kilograms of bronze does this sculpture need? Show your work.

Answer 1

To find the amount of bronze needed for the larger sculpture, we first need to find how much bronze the smaller sculpture needs.

105/12 bronze is equivalent to 8 9/12 bronze, or 8.75 bronze.

The larger sculpture needs 2 2/5 times as much bronze as the smaller sculpture.

2 2/5 times 8.75 bronze is equal to (12/5) * 8.75 or 21 bronze.

Therefore, the larger sculpture needs 21 kilograms of bronze.