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Okay sy masked members last in this siri's ah lawnmower

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uses fuel that contains a ratio of thirty one parts

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gasoline for everyone Part of oil How much oil is

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in three hundred eighty four ounces of fuel This ain't

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one of those vintage push really lawnmowers People actually needs

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fuel not just blood sweat and tears The fuel contains

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both gasoline and oil so there are thirty one plus

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one equals thirty two parts fuel for everyone part of

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oil you got to be careful about that When you

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cross multiply we'll divide in the hole by the number

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of parts in the whole gives us three eighty four

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divided by thirty two is twelve ounces of oil in

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the fuel and no they throw this vicious curveball in

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the form of letters C here twelve point four if

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you incorrectly divided by thirty one instead of thirty two

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that would be very very wrong All right but we

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have three hundred eighty four ounces of gasoline and oil

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mixed together so the

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