Question

The Big Burger recipe calls for 3 meat patties, 2 slices of cheese, and four pickles. How many meat patties are needed if 52 pickles are used?​

Answer 1

39

52 divided by 4 is 13. 52 pickles divided into 4 pickles for each meal is 13. 39 patties divided by 3 patties is 13 aswell so. the answer: 39

Answer 2

The number of meat patties that are needed if 52 pickles are used is:

39 meat patties.

Explanation:

It is given that:

The Big Burger recipe calls for 3 meat patties, 2 slices of cheese, and four pickles.

This means that for every 4 pickles there are 3 meat patties.

This means that for every 1 pickles there are: 3/4 meat patties.

Hence, for every 52 pickles there are: 3/4×52 meat patties

= 39 meat patties.