Question

You are having a pizza making party. You will need 6 ounces of dough and 4 ounces of sauce for each person at the party(including yourself, the host . Once you have a total count of guests, you buy exactly the needed amount of all the ingredients. The dough and sauce that you buy weig 130 ounces all together . How many ounces of dough did you buy

Answer 1

Answer: 78

Explanation:

From the question, 6 ounces of dough and 4 ounces of sauce will be needed for each person at the party. This means each person will use 4+6 = 10 ounces. Since 130 ounces were bought, it means that there are: (130/10) = 13 people.

Let the number of ounces of dough be x.

Since 6 ounces of dough are used and there are 13 people. This will be: = 13 × 6 =x

x = 78