Question

Tanisha is planing a backyard part.She will starve hamburgers,potato salad,strawberry short cake and lemonade .Including tanisha 28 people will be at the party. Tanishas potato salads recipe calls for 3 pounds of potato's .She decides to make 3.5 times her regular recipe .How many potato's should Tanisha buy? Show your work

Answer 1

10.5

Explanation:

Tanisha's regular recipe uses 3p of potatoes for making a quantity X.

So, we could say thay using 3p of potato she gets X salad. In an equation, and assuming there is a proportional relationship between the pounds used and the salad got:

3 = X

Now, if she wants 3.5 more salad, it is, 3.5X salad, she will also need 3.5 more potatos:

3 * 3.5 = 3.5 X

10.5 = 3.5 X

So, Tanisha needs to buy 10.5 pounds of potatoes