So for this homework question it says " amy bought 2 and 1/2 gallons of paint for $60. what is the cost for 1 gallon of paint? " so if you make the 2 and 1/2 improper to 2 and then you make the equation 60/2/1 and flip 2/1 to 1/2 and times those you get 2/2 do that equals 1 whole. then you go to the top and do 60 times 1/2 and you get 60/120/1 would you put that or do you put something else like 120/1 ?

I'm sorry but the solution you proposed was a bit hard to follow, so I'll just post my solution: we convert "2 and 1/2" to a single fraction:

So, we know that 5/2 gallons cost 60 dollars, which means

To find the cost of a single gallon, we have to solve the equation for g:

1. 3.4/4

2. 0.8/7

3. 0.5 x 3

4. 0.9 x 6

5. 10.8

6. 2.35

7. 0.567

8. 9.35

9. 0.02

10. 0.06

11. 0.16

12. 0.42

13. 0.63

14. 5.6

15. 8.1

16. 9.9

17. 0.28

18. 0.48

19. 0.27

20. 0.49

21. 0.45

22. 0.72

23. 0.9

24. 0.88

25. 0.75

26. 0.16

27. 0.328

28. 0.495

29. 0.72

30. 1.068

answer: first option i.e. 'a' is correct.

step-by-step explanation:

since we have given that

number of minutes to wrap a small gift box = 4 minutes

we need to find the number of gifts to be wrapped in 5 minutes

since there is a direct variation, as the number of minutes will increase with   number of gifts to be wrapped.

so, let the number of gifts to be wrapped in 5 minutes be x.

so, it becomes,

hence, first option 'a'   is correct.