Question

1.)In her catering business, Elena usually estimates that 10 pounds of meat can feed about 36 people. Write a proportion that can be used to determine how many pounds of meat should she prepare if she is expecting 162 people, then solve.
2.) A repair service charges $60.00 to come to your home plus $19.50 per hour. If y represents the total charge and n represents the number of hours worked, write an equation that can be used to represent the total charge for a repair job? Then solve if the repair man worked for 4 1/2 hours.

Answer 1

@xmoses1

Answer 2

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Answer 3

1)
10/36=x/162
Solve for x

2)
y=19.5n+60
(plug in 4.5 where n is)