Question

Shawn bought a 10-pound turkey to serve for Thanksgiving. He plans to serve eachadult 2/5 of a pound.Write an equation to represent the number of adult servings, x, Shawn canget from the 10-pound turkey. Use your equation to determine the number of adultservings.

Answer 1

Since each serving contains 2/5 of a pound, then, the total weight of x servings would be:

`(2)/(5)x`

If the total weight of x servings should be equal to the weight of the turkey, then:

`(2)/(5)x=10`

Multiply both sides of the equation by 5/2:

`(5)/(2)\cdot(2)/(5)x=(5)/(2)\cdot10`

Simplify the expressions on both sides of the equation:

`x=25`

Therefore, the number of adult servings from a 10 pound turkey, will be 25.