Me! 1. you are on an alien planet where the names for substances and the units of measures are very unfamiliar. nonetheless, you obtain 16 quibs of a substance called skvarnick. you can trade this skvarnick for gold coins, but the vendors all measure skvarnick in units of sleps; not quibs. 10 sleps is equal to 14 quibs. if you have 16 quibs of skvarnick, how many sleps do you have? round your answer to the nearest tenth (one decimal place). 2. you are on an alien planet where the names for substances and the units of measures are very unfamiliar. nonetheless, you obtain 12 quibs of a substance called skvarnick. you can trade this skvarnick for gold coins, but the vendors all measure skvarnick in units of sleps; not quibs. 9 quibs is equal to 13 sleps. if you have 12 quibs of skvarnick, how many sleps do you have? round your answer to the nearest tenth (one decimal place).

To answer these questions, we'll use proportions.

1.

10 sleps will equal 14 quibs. You have 16 quibs of skvarnick, so set up the proportion:

The numerator represents sleps, and the denominator represents quibs.

Cross multiply the two fractions:

Divide both sides by 14 to get x by itself:

Round the result to the nearest tenth:

You will have 11.4 sleps of skvarnick.

2.

9 quibs will equal 13 sleps. You have 12 quibs of skvarnick. Set up a proportion:

The numerator represents quibs, and the denominator represents sleps.

Cross multiply the two fractions:

Divide both sides by 9 to get x by itself:

Round the result to the nearest tenth:

You will have 17.3 sleps of skvarnick.

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