To mix weed killer with water correctly, it is necessary to mix 18 teaspoons of weed killer with 3 gallons of water. How many gallons of water are needed to mix with the entire box if it contains 24 teaspoons of weed killer

We know that you need 18 teaspoons of weed killer and 3 gallons of water. We can represent this as a fraction as 18/3. We can simplify this fraction. 18/3 simplified is 6/1. Next, we can multiply the numerator and denominator by 4. (6*4 is 24.) This gives us 24/4. This means that for 24 teaspoons of weed killer, we need 4 gallons of water.