to make his special salad dressing, Wolfgang combines 7oz of oil with 4 oz of vinegar. one day he needed a larger amount , so he used 8oz of oil. how much vinegar did he need?
Wolfgang has increased is oil by 1/7 therefore he must increase his vinegar by 1/7 to keep everything in proportion. One seventh of 4 oz is four seventh of an oz so the answer would be 4 and 4/7 ounces of vinegar NOT THE PREVIOUS ANSWER 4 oz