PLEASE HALPPP

Jason left a bin outside in his garden to collect rainwater. He notices that 1/5 gallon of water fills 2/3 of the bin. Write and solve an equation to find the amount of water that will fill the entire bin. Show your work. Explain your answer in words.

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Step-by-step explanation:

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We can set this up as a proportion

(1/5) gallon / (2/3) bin = x gallons / 1 bin cross-multiply

1/5 = (2/3)x multiply both sides by the reciprocal of 2/3 = 3/2

(3/2) (1/5) = x = 3/10 gallons fills the entire bin

Look at it this way each 1/10 of a gallon fills 1/3 of the bin.

so 3(1/10) gallons fills 3(1/3)bins..

or

3/10 galons fills a whole bin.