The ratio of powder to water required for a medication you are preparing is 1:5. you have 5 parts powder. how many parts water do you need to add?

25 parts of water to be added in 5 parts of powder .

Step-by-step explanation:

The ratio of powder to water required for a medicine is 1:5

If we have 5 parts of powder

To find : Parts of water to be added

Let x be the parts of water added when there is 5 parts of powder

Therefore we have

Powder       1                5

Water          5               x

Clearly, it is in direct variation

So we have

Hence, 25 parts of water to be added in 5 parts of powder.

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