WHAT NUMBER IS 75% OF 125

Tamera puts 15/4 gallons of gasoline in her car. which mixed number represents the gallons of gasoline? a) 2 3/4 gallons b) 3 1/4 gallons c) 3 3/4 gallons d) 4 1/2 gallons answer it's worth a lot of points!

Amuffin recipe, which yields 12 muffins, calls for cup of milk for every 1 cups of flour. the same recipe calls for cup of coconut for every cup of chopped apple. to yield a batch of 30 muffins, how much flour will be needed in the mix?

How do you use the elimination method for this question? explain, because i really want to understand!