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You buy tomatoes in 25 pound shipments one batch of cobb salad requires 1.1 pounds of tomatoes. How many portions can be made with one shipment?

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About 22.72 portions can be made with one shipment. If you divide 25 and 1.1 you can get this answer.


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User Damodharan R
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Answer: 22

Explanation:

Given : Amount of tomatoes bought = 25 pounds

Amount of tomatoes require for one batch of cobb salad=1.1 pounds

Then by suing the division operation, we have

The number of portion can be made with one shipment will be :-


\text{Total tomatoes bought}/\text{tomatoes require for one batch}\\\\=25/1.1=22.7272727273\approx22.72\approx22

Hence, about 22 portions can be made with one shipment.

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