homework help 990

##3## quarts

Using the information, ##1## cup ##= 0.25## quarts, we can use or a conversion factor to find the number of quarts in 12 cups.

Start by expressing ##x## as your unknown value, being the number of quarts.

Let ##x## be the number of quarts.

##x=12 “cups”*(0.25″quarts”)/(1″cup”)##

##x=12 color(red)cancelcolor(black)”cups”*(0.25″quarts”)/(1color(red)cancelcolor(black)”cup”)##

##x=12*(0.25″quarts”)/1##

##x=3″quarts”##

##:.##, there are ##3## quarts in ##12## cups.