Question

a resturaunt uses 7 1/2 pound of carrots to mak 5 carrot cakes.
how many pounds of carrot are needed to make 1 cake???

Answer 1

do the amounts as before
\(\begin{array}{ccllll}
lbs&cake
\\\hline\\
7\frac{1}{2}&5\\
x&1
\end{array}\implies \cfrac{7\frac{1}{2}}{x}=\cfrac{5}{1}\)

Answer 2

7 1/2 ----- 5
x ----- 1
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x = ?

Answer 3

7 1/2 divided by 5
15/2 * 1/5 = 15/10 = 1 1/2 lbs per cake

Answer 4

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Answer 5

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