Answer to Question #287671 in Algebra for Jot

Question

A greenhouse employee has 35 ounces of a potting soil and must place equal amounts of the soil into each of 8 small clay pots. What is the weight of the potting soil that should be placed in each clay pot?

Answer 1

$$35/8=4.375(ounce)=124.03(g)$$

4.375 ounces or 124.03 grams of the potting soil should be placed in each clay pot.