A recipe for potting soil that makes enough to fill 4 bags calls for lb of compost. Kailee wants to modify the recipe so that it fills 10 bags.

How many more pounds of compost will Kailee need for the modified recipe than the original recipe calls for?

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A recipe for potting soil that makes enough to fill 4 bags calls for    lb of compost. Kailee wants to modify the recipe so that it fills 10 bags.
 
How many more pounds of compost will Kailee need for the modified recipe than the original recipe calls for?

anonymous · Answer

how many pounds of compost?

anonymous · Answer

if its 1 then the answer would be 2.5

4:1 is the ratio
10/4= 2.5 ib

anonymous · Answer

2.5 or 2 1/2

anonymous · Answer

that's not one of the answers :(

anonymous · Answer

Ok so the first thing we need to do is divide 6 1/4 by 4

I'll walk you through this