A pancake recipe calls for 1/8 cup of oil per cup of mix. Owen wants to use 3 1/2 cups of pancake mix. He has 1/2 cup of oil. Does Owen have enough oil to make the pancakes? Explain.

Owen has enough to make 3 1/2 of pancake mix.

Step-by-step explanation:

Since the ratio is 1/8 cup of oil per cup of mix and Owen has 1/2 a cup of mix, he has enough to cover the 3 cups of mix since that would be 3/8 cups of oil. He has enough to cover 1/2 a cup as well because that'd be 1/16 cup of oil.

x = 3 ± √(5+y)