If 2/5 kilograms of soil fit into 1/3 of a container, can 1 kilogram fit in the container??

In this problem the amount of kilograms you want to fit ( lets call it x ) has a direct variation with the amount of kg of soil it can fit in ( lets cal it y )

If 2/5x = 1/3y
Now we just need to isolate x or y to discover the proportion that relates them :

You can isolate x by multiplying both sides of the equation by 5/2
2/5x(5/2) = 1/3y(5/2)
x = 5/6 y
So what that means is that 1 kg of soil takes 5/6 of the container!
Awnser : Yes it can !

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Alleei Alleei · Answer 2 · 2020-01-02T08:05:22+01:00

Answer : The number of containers fill from 1 kilograms of soil can be, [tex]\frac{5}{6}[/tex]

Step-by-step explanation :

As we are given that 2/5 kilograms of soil fills 1/3 of a container. Now we have to determine the number of containers can fill from 1 kilograms of soil.

As, [tex]\frac{2}{5}[/tex] kilograms of soil fills the number of container = [tex]\frac{1}{3}[/tex]

So, 1 kilograms of soil fills the number of container = [tex]\frac{1kg}{(\frac{2}{5})kg}\times \frac{1}{3}=\frac{5}{6}[/tex]

Therefore, the number of containers fill from 1 kilograms of soil can be, [tex]\frac{5}{6}[/tex]