Question

You need to mix 40lbs of mortar. Each pound of mortar mix requires 0.4 liters if water.How many liters of water do you need?

Answer 1

Answer: 16 liters of water

Work Shown:

1 pound of mortar : 0.4 liters of water

40*(1 pound of mortar) : 40*(0.4 liters of water)

40 pounds of mortar : 16 liters of water

Answer 2

16 liters of water is needed for the 40lbs of mortar

Explanation:

40*0.4=16

Where 40 is the lbs of moarter, and 0.4 is the amount of liters per pound, meaning the answer is 16 liters of water for 40 pounds.