Question

A recipe for 100 servings contains 25 pounds of ground beef, 10 pounds of pasta, 10 pounds of tomato paste, and 5 pounds of cheese. You are adjusting the recipe using the factor method and have determined that your conversion factor is 5. How many pounds of ground beef will be in your new recipe

Answer 1

125 pounds

Step-by-step explanation:

The computation of the number of pounds of ground beef will be in your new recipe is shown below:

= Number of pounds contained in ground beef × conversion factor

= 25 pounds of ground beef × 5

= 125 pounds

By multiplying the number of pounds with the conversion factor we can get the number of pounds of ground beef