Question

A restaurant uses 4 pounds of potatoes for a party of 12 people. If they are cooking potatoes for a party of 60 people, what should they do?

Answer 1

They should use 5 times as many 

Answer 2

Use
`5` times as many potatoes

Explanation:

Using a proportion

`(4)/(12)(lb)/(people)=(x)/(60)(lb)/(people)\\ \\x=4*60/12\\ \\x=20\ lb`

Original quantity of potatoes------>
`4\ lb`

New quantity of potatoes------->
`5*4=20\ lb`

therefore

Use
`5` times as many potatoes