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Mike wants to make meatloaf. His recipe uses a total of 3 pounds of meat. If he uses a 3 to 1 ratio of beef to pork, how much pork will he use?

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1 pound of pork.

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User Sbottingota
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He will use 0,75 pounds of pork. I know this by the total of meat to 3 pounds. 3 ÷ 4 = 0.75. SInce there is only one pork to three beef that means 2.25 pounds of beef to 0.75 pounds of pork.

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