Question

the original recipe calls for 2 pounds of pasta and serves 8 people. The party will have 40 people . how many pounds of pasta does kurt need to buy?

Answer 1

10 pounds. Hope this helps!!!!

Explanation:

If 2 pound serves 8 people you can express that as a ratio of 2:8 so to get 8 people to 40 you multiply by 5 so you must do the same for the amount of pasta so 2 multiplied 5 equals 10.