Question

rick is preparing a roast beef for his family.the roast beef weighs 2 3/4 pounds. if he wants to make each serving to be 1/2 pounds of meat how many servings can he make

Answer 1

To find the number of roast beef servings that Rick can make, we proceed as follows:

Step 1: Divide the total weight of the roast beef by the amount of weight of meat per serving, as follows:

`\begin{gathered} \text{Total weight of roast beef =}2(3)/(4)\text{ pounds=}(11)/(4)\text{ pounds} \\ \text{amount of weight of meat per serving = }(1)/(2)\text{ pounds} \\ \text{Therefore:} \\ \text{Number }of\text{ servings =}\frac{T\text{otal weight of roast beef}}{A\text{mount of weight of meat per serving}} \\ \Rightarrow\text{ Number }of\text{ servings =}((11)/(4))/((1)/(2)) \\ \Rightarrow\text{Number }of\text{ servings =}(11)/(4)*(2)/(1)=(22)/(4)=(11)/(2)=5.5\text{ } \end{gathered}`

Therefore, the number of roast beef servings that Rick can make is 5.5