To make a sports drink for the football team, Jaylen filled 9/10 of a large cooler with water. Then, he filled the remaining space with 6 cups of sports drink concentrate. How many gallons of sports drink did Jaylen make?

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Answer 1 · 2017-04-23T18:59:39

$3.75$ gallons

$10/10 - 9/10 = 1/10$

$1/10$ = space remaining so

$1/10 = 6" cups"$ so

$(6" cups")/ ("total cups" ) = 1/10$

Solve for total cups:

$"total cups" xx ((6c)/("total cups")) = (1/10) xx"total cups"$

$6 "cups" = ("total cups")/10$

$10 xx(6 "cups") = (("total cups")/10) xx10$

$10 xx 6"cups" = "total cups"$

total cups = 60

He has made 60 cups of sports drink

16 cups = 1 gallon.

$60 "cups" xx (1 " gallon")/(16 " cups") = 3.75 " gallons"$