Question

Ella is cooking a turkey and a ham for Thanksgiving. It takes 15 minutes per pound to cook a turkey and 23 minutes per pound to cook a ham. Ella is able to cook the turkey and the ham in 5 hours and 18 minutes. If the turkey weighs twice as much as the ham, how much do the turkey and the ham weigh?

Answer 1

lets t be turkey and h be ham:

t=2h

5hr*60min/1hr=300min+18=318min

15t+23h= 318

15(2h)+23h=318

30h+23h=318

53h=318

h= 6

t=2(6)=12

6-pounds ham and 12 pounds of turkey