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Kenji mixes 1/5 pound of clay soil with 1/8 of a bale of straw to make an adobe
brick. How much clay soil will he need to use the whole bale of straw?
Show your work.

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Answer:

8/5

Step-by-step explanation:

Clay soil = 1/5 pounds

Bale of strraw = 1/8

How much clay soil will he need to use the whole bale of straw

Let

Clay soil needed = x

Bale of straw needed = 1

Clay soil : Bale of straw

1/5 : 1/8 = x : 1

1/5 ÷ 1/8 = x / 1

1/5 × 8/1 = x / 1

8/5 = x / 1

Cross product

8 * 1 = 5 * x

8 = 5x

Divide both sides by 5

x = 8/5

= 1 3/5

8/5 pounds of clay soil is needed to make the whole bale of straw

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