Question

mike wants to make meatloaf. his recipe uses a total of 7 pounds of meat. if he uses a 3 to 1ratio of beef to pork how much pork will he use?
enter your answer as a mixed number is simplest terms.

Answer 1

You need to set up two equations and two unknowns again.

Let b = pounds of beef
Let p = pounds of pork

We know that these two added together must equal 7.

(1) b + p = 7

Now how are the beef and pork related in terms of the ratio? Can you write an equation that describes this relationship?

Answer 2

pork beef
1 3(1)
2 3(2)
3 3(3)
p ???