If two pounds of meat will serve 5 people, how many pounds will be needed to serve 13 people?
the park ranger stocks the children's fishing pond keeping ratio of 4
sunfish to 3 perch. if he puts 300 sunfish into the pond how many perch should be put into the pond?
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To find out how many pounds of meat will be needed to serve 13 people, you can use a proportion equation.
First, let's set up the proportion:
2 pounds / 5 people = x pounds / 13 people
Next, we need to solve for x by cross-multiplying and then dividing:
2 * 13 = 5 * x
26 = 5x
Dividing both sides of the equation by 5, we find:
x = 26 / 5
x = 5.2
Therefore, approximately 5.2 pounds of meat will be needed to serve 13 people.
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13 people ( 2 pounds/5 people)
= 26/5 = 5.2 pounds