Question

Mike wants to make meatloaf. His recipe

uses a total of 7 pounds of meat
If he uses a 3 to 1 ratio of beef to pork, how
much pork will he use? Enter your answer as a
mixed number in simplest terms.
Enter the correct answer
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Answer 1

7/4 lb of pork = 1 3/4 lb of pork

Explanation:

The fraction of that 7 lb of meat that is beef is (3/4), which stems from adding 3 and 1 and using it as the denominator of the fractions representing beef and pork.

(3/4)(7 lb) = 21/4 lb of beef plus p lb of pork sum up to 7 lb; then

7 lb - 21/4 lb = p lb of pork, or 28/4 lb - 21/4 lb = 7/4 lb of pork.

3 3p

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1 p