Question

Haley prepared 10 pounds of dough after working 4 hours how much dough did Haley prepare if she worked 10 hours ?

Answer 1

25 POUNDS

Explanation:

IF 4 HOURS=10LBS

THEN FOR EVERY HOUR 2.5 POUNDS WERE MADE

10/4=5/2

5/2=?/10

NUMERATOR= 5*5=25

DENOMINATOR= 2*5=10

Answer 2

Answer: the answer is 25 pounds

Step-by-step explanation: to answer this problem use ratios.

Hours/ pounds

4/10=10/x

Cross multiplying you get 100=4x.

The unknown x in pounds is 25. So in 10 hours she made 25 pounds of dough. Ouch!