Mike wants to make meatloaf. His recipe uses a total of 4 pounds of meat.
Ife he uses a 3 to 1 ratio of beef to pork, how much pork will he use? enter your answer as a mixed number in simplest terms..

Question

Mike wants to make meatloaf. His recipe uses a total of 4 pounds of meat.
Ife he uses a 3 to 1 ratio of beef to pork, how much pork will he use? enter your answer as a mixed number in simplest terms..

parthkohli · Answer

$\Large \color{purple}{\rightarrow 3x:1x }$
This will be the ratio of pork to meat. Now, total is 4x, so 4x:4. And, x = 1

$\Large \color{purple}{\rightarrow 3:1 }$

This will be the ratio of beef to pork by multiplying both the terms by 1(which is x)