Question

Josh's chicken soup recipe calls for 212L of chicken stock. Josh makes 314times the recipe for a family reunion. How much chicken stock does Josh use to make soup for the family reunion? Express your answer as a mixed number in the simplest form.

Answer 1

`8(1)/(8)\ L`

Explanation:

Given that,

Amount needed for chicken stock is
`2(1)/(2)\ L`

Josh makes
`3(1)/(4)` times the recipe for a family reunion.

Let A is the amount neededto make soup for the family reunion. It can be calculated as follows :

`A=2(1)/(2)* 3(1)/(4)\\A=(5)/(2)* (13)/(4)\\\\A=(65)/(8)\ L\\\\\text{or}\\\\A=8(1)/(8)\ L`

So,
`8(1)/(8)\ L`of chicken stock Josh use to make soup for the family reunion