Myra jarred 25 liters of jam after 5 days. How many days does Myra need to spend making jam if she wants to jar 50 liters of jam in all? Solve using unit rates.

Answer 1

To solve using unit rates, we can divide the total amount of jam jarred by the number of days.

In this case, Myra jarred 25 liters of jam after 5 days, so her unit rate is 25 liters / 5 days = 5 liters/day.

To find out how many days Myra needs to spend making 50 liters of jam, we can set up a proportion:

5 liters / 1 day = 50 liters / x days

To solve for x, we can cross multiply:

5x = 50

Dividing both sides by 5:

x = 50 / 5

x = 10

So, Myra needs to spend 10 days making jam in order to jar 50 liters of jam in all.