Question

Jaden made a pot of chili with 48 ounces of ground beef and 2 tablespoons of chili powder. He made another pot of chili with the same amount of ground beef but he used 3 times as much chili powder. How many pounds of ground beef per tablespoon of chili powder did he use in the second pot of chili?

Answer 1

Answer:

So, it is given to us that Jaden has 3 pound of beef in the first pot and 2 table spoons of chili powder.

(16 ounces = 1 pound)

(48 ounces = 3 pounds)

In he second bowl he uses the SAME amount of beef and 3 times as much chili powder.

Which means that he used 3 pounds of beef and 2*3 = 6 table spoons of chili powder in the second cup.

The question is asking you for the ratio between the two quantities in a cryptic manner.

so, it would end up being 3 pounds of beef every 6 table spoons of chili powder, which is nothing but Half (0.5 pounds of beef every tablespoon of chili powder).

1/2 pounds of beef every tablespoon of chili powder.

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Explanation:

Answer 2

He used 8 pounds of beef per table spoon. If he used 3 times as much in the second bowl, then he used 6 table spoons (3x2=6). To find how many pounds per table spoon just divide the amount of pounds by the amount of table spoons (48/6= 8)