Question

Mark orders food for a restaurant. He orders 5 times the number of pounds of chicken as he does beef, and he orders 4 times the number of pounds of fish as beef. The total weight of the food he orders is 3,600 pounds. How many pounds of each item does Mark order?

Answer 1

3600=5b +4b +b
3600=10b
360=b
5x360=1800 pound chicken
4x360=1440 pound fish
1x360=360 pound beef

Answer 2

360 pounds of beef , 1440 pounds of fish and 1800 of chicken.