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mike wants to make meatloaf. his recipe uses a total of 8 pounds of meat. if he has 3 to 1 ratio of beef to pork, how much pork will he use? enter your answer as a mixed number in simplest terms.

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3:1 ratio
For every 3 pounds of beef he uses 1 pound of pork
For every 6 pounds of beef he uses 2 pounds of pork
So for every 8 pounds of beef he uses 2 2/3 pounds of pork
2.75 pounds of pork
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