Using proportions, it is found that:
A. The vegetables weigh 66 pounds.
B. 0.5 pints are dispensed after 25 seconds.
What is a proportion?
A proportion is a fraction of a total amount, and the measures are related using a rule of three. Due to this, relations between variables, either direct or inverse proportional, can be built to find the desired measures in the problem.
4 and 1/8 pounds is equivalent to 4.125 pounds. Since each pound has 16 ounces, the weight of the vegetable is of:
W = 16 x 4.125 = 66 pounds.
Every second, 0.16 gallons are dispensed. Hence the amount dispensed in 25 seconds is:
A = 25 x 0.16 = 4 gallons.
Each gallon has 8 pints, hence the number of pints dispensed is:
4/8 = 0.5 pints.
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