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Calling All Mathematicians
Hey guys can you help with a formula technique on figuring out things such as:
If a gallon of a product will be dilulted 4:1, how many gallons will it render?
But what is the formula?
Give a man a fish he will eat for a day but TEACH a man to fish he will eat for a lifetime.
So please teach me.
Steve -The Titanic Was Built By Professionals But The Ark By Amateurs- "Boanerges"
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Re: Calling All Mathematicians
Originally Posted by DogRescuer
Hey guys can you help with a formula technique on figuring out things such as:
If a gallon of a product will be dilulted 4:1, how many gallons will it render?
But what is the formula?
Give a man a fish he will eat for a day but TEACH a man to fish he will eat for a lifetime.
So please teach me.
Is this a trick question? The answer is 5 gallons
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Re: Calling All Mathematicians
Ratio 4:1 would be 4 parts water to 1 part of concentrate. Whether it be ounces, gallons, etc. One gallon of your said product plus 4 gallons of water equals 5 gallons.
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Re: Calling All Mathematicians
My read is that OP is looking for the actual formula in raw form to be able to use later so they can solve for whatever portion they don't know.
To clarify, when you said 4:1, did you mean 4 ounces to one gallon, or all gallons? For simplicity's sake I always convert everything to ounces when I'm mixing.
Sorry for the mobile link (replying from my phone), but if it's any help I've found this to be quick and easy:
Ratio Calculator
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Re: Calling All Mathematicians
No sir no joke and onehdlight is spot on. Im thinking 4:1 is the ounces say 32oz ÷5.
Bottom line is I'm trying to learn how to figure out which product is cheaper.
Steve -The Titanic Was Built By Professionals But The Ark By Amateurs- "Boanerges"
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Re: Calling All Mathematicians
I thought 4:1 was 5 into the bottles ounces ie . 32oz
QUOTE=WaxMaster1;1475313]Ratio 4:1 would be 4 parts water to 1 part of concentrate. Whether it be ounces, gallons, etc. One gallon of your said product plus 4 gallons of water equals 5 gallons.[/QUOTE]
Steve -The Titanic Was Built By Professionals But The Ark By Amateurs- "Boanerges"
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Re: Calling All Mathematicians
3:1 = 4 parts. 10oz div. 4 = 2.5oz of the product you are going to dilute. Then add water for the remaining 7.5 oz.
10:1 = 11 32/11 = 2.9oz and 29.1 water
Dave
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Re: Calling All Mathematicians
Originally Posted by DogRescuer
I thought 4:1 was 5 into the bottles ounces ie . 32oz
QUOTE=WaxMaster1;1475313]Ratio 4:1 would be 4 parts water to 1 part of concentrate. Whether it be ounces, gallons, etc. One gallon of your said product plus 4 gallons of water equals 5 gallons.
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Ok, if you want to talk ounces with your 4:1 example, it would go like this.
4 ounces water and 1 ounce concentrate = 5 ounces.
Doubling it would be 8 ounces of water and 2 ounces of concentrate would be 10 ounces
factor of 6 would be 24 ounces of water and 6 ounce of concentrate equals 30 ounces.
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Re: Calling All Mathematicians
I think the part where you're getting hung up on is when you call a gallon or the "1" in your 4:1 example would be to call your gallon "128" and then you'd be using ounces.
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Re: Calling All Mathematicians
Not sure I understand exactly what your looking for but at 4:1 and you mix 1 gallon 512 oz (water):128 oz product will yield 640 ounces. 640 ounces divided by a 32 ounce bottle will yield 20 bottles of product
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