Question

At cooking school, Jamie's recipes turn out disastrous 1 out of every 4 times. If Jamie makes 32 dishes, how many will be a disaster?

Answer 1

The answer is 8 dishes will be a disaster.

Explanation:

Answer 2

8 disasters

Explanation:

We can write a proportion to solve this

1 disaster x disaster

---------------- = ------------------

4 tries 32 tries

Using cross products

1*32 = 4x

32 = 4x

Divide by 4

32/4 = 4x/4

8 =x