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  • 23-03-2014
  • Mathematics
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a chef uses 3 3/4 pounds of semolina flour and 1 5/8 pound whole wheat flour for each batch of pasta she makes.one week she uses a total of 86 pounds of flour 

WRITE AN EQUATION:

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Trapper101 Trapper101
  • 25-04-2014

\(1 Pasta=\frac{18}{8}+\frac{5}{8}=\frac{23}{8 }\) pounds of flour

We create a proportion:

\(1(pastas)=\frac{23}{8 }\)

\(X=86\)

\(86=\frac{23}{8 }x\)

\(86=2.875x\)

\(x=29.91\)

Chef will be able to make \(29\) Pastas and eat what's left :)

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