Question

yvette uses 6 grams of tea leaves to make 24 fluid ounces of tea.Last week she made 288 ounces of tea.How many grams of tea did yvette use to make tea last week?

Answer 1

72 grams

Explanation:

Given that 6 grams of tea leaves make 24 fluid ounces of tea then to get rhe equivalent grams to make 288 ounces of tea, we use rhe concept of cross multiplication

If 6 grams=24 ounces

Then x grams=288 ounces

24x=6*288

Making x the subject then

X=6*288/24=72 grams

Therefore, Yvette used 72 grams to make 288 ounces that week