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Proportion word problems

Maddy is carrying a 55 liter jug of sports drink that weighs 7.5 kg7.5\text{ kg}. She wants to know how many kilograms a 22 liter jug of sports drink would weigh (w)(w). She assumes the relationship between volume and weight is proportional.
Which proportion could Maddy use to model this situation?
Choose 1 answer:
Choose 1 answer:
Solve the proportion to determine the weight of a 22 liter jug.
  • Your answer should be
  • an integer, like 66
  • a simplified proper fraction, like 3/53/5
  • a simplified improper fraction, like 7/47/4
  • a mixed number, like 1 3/41\ 3/4
  • an exact decimal, like 0.750.75
  • a multiple of pi, like 12 pi12\ \text{pi} or 2/3 pi2/3\ \text{pi}
kg\text{kg}