Question

The recommended amount of meat to serve LaTeX: 1\:\frac{1}{2}112dozen people is LaTeX: 4\frac{1}{2}412pounds.How many pounds of meat would it take to serve 1 person?

Answer 1

First we have to convert the first number into a fraction.

1 1/2 = 3/2

Then we multiply 3/2 by 12 . Applying the rules of fractions would be 3*12/2 =18.

18 is the number of people

Then we change 4 1/2 into a fraction. So it is equivalent to (4*2+1)/ 2 = 9/2

Finally We divide the pounds 9/2 on the number of people 18.

(9/2) /18 =9/36

simplifying we obtaing 1/4

We obtain 1/4 pound for each person