Question

Solving Problems with Direct Variation:

The amount of lemons used to make lemonade varies directly with how many
gallons are made. It takes 32 lemons to make 4 gallons.
How many lemons will it take to make 17 gallons?

Answer 1

[AI-generated answer — Bot GPT 3.5]

To solve this problem, we can set up a proportion using the given information.

Let x be the number of lemons needed to make 17 gallons of lemonade.

We can set up the proportion:

32 lemons / 4 gallons = x lemons / 17 gallons

Cross multiply to solve for x:

4x = 32 * 17
4x = 544
x = 544 / 4
x = 136

Therefore, it will take 136 lemons to make 17 gallons of lemonade.