Question

Mike wants to make meatloaf. His recipe

uses a total of 4 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.

Answer 1

Total meat in the recipe he wants to use = 7 pounds

Beef : pork = 3 : 1

Total pork that he will use = x 7 pounds

= 7/4 pounds

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Answer 2

Amount of pork used was 1 pound.

Explanation:

Mike wants to make meatloaf by adding beef and pork.

Ratio of the meat (beef and pork) is = 3 : 1

Recipe requires total amount of meat = 4 pounds

So the amount of pork used in the recipe =
`(1)/((1+3))* 4`

=
`(1)/(4)* 4`

= 1 pound

Therefore, total amount of pork used in the recipe is 1 pound.