Answer :
Given:
Mais family drinks a total of 10 gallons of milk every six weeks.
The proportion per week is,
[tex]\frac{10}{6}=\frac{5}{3}[/tex]The number of weeks required for a family to consume 1 gallon of the milk is,
[tex]\frac{6}{10}=\frac{3}{5}=0.6[/tex]Answer: the family will need 0.6 weeks to consume 1 gallon of milk.