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?

Answer 1

`1\:\mathrm{pound}`

Explanation:

We can write the following equation using the information given:

`3x+1x=4`, where
`x` is some constant.

Solving, we get:

`4x=4,\\x=1`.

Therefore, we plug in
`x=1` to find the amount of meat he uses for each type:

Beef:
`3x=3(1)=3\:\mathrm{pounds}`

Pork:
`1x=1(1)=\fbox{$1\:\mathrm{pound}$}`.