Mr. Meadows has a 6 1⁄2 gallon bucket. His dipping can holds 1 1⁄2 gallons. How many times does he have to dip into the pond with the dipping can to fill the bucket to the top?

He has to dip it 5 times

Step-by-step explanation:

each time he dips it, he gets 1 1/2, or 1.5 gallons. how many times can you add 1.5 to 6 1/2, or 6.5. It is 4 1/3 times, but since you can't dip the bucket 1/3 of a time, it is counted as 1, so 5

the answer is 5

Step-by-step explanation:

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option (b) is correct

step-by-step explanation:

to find the solution of this system, we need to convert it into reduced row-echelon form. we have,

after applying row operations r2 -> r2/2 and r3 -> r3/3, we get,