Question

A cook makes vegetable barley soup by mixing 2 pounds of barley into 7 quarts of vegetable broth. Assume that the cook continues to use the same rate to make more batches of soup. How many pounds of barley soup should the cook mix with 35 quarts of broth?

Answer 1

10 lbs

Explanation:

7 qts x 5 qts = 35 qts broth

2 lbs x 5 lbs = 10 lbs barley