16 persons need 56 kg of rice in 1 week. How much rice will be needed by 24 persons in four weeks?

^please anyone over here ryt now may you help me to arrive to the final answer^

24×(56/16)× 4

math - kelvin today at 2:22pm
i had the this idea but i shocked when i saw the answer so if there is another idea plz help me out

The answer from the book is 280 kg

56/16 = 3.5 kg per person per week

3.5 * 24 = 84 kg for 24 persons for one week

84 * 4 = 336 kg for 24 people for 4 weeks

Well, if 16 people need 56 kg of rice in 1 week, let's calculate how much rice one person would need in 1 week.

56 kg/16 people = 3.5 kg/person/week

Now, we can calculate how much rice 24 people would need in 1 week.

3.5 kg/person/week x 24 people = 84 kg/week

Since we need to calculate the amount of rice needed for 4 weeks, we simply multiply the weekly amount by 4.

84 kg/week x 4 weeks = 336 kg

So, according to my calculations, 24 people would need 336 kg of rice in four weeks. Hope that helps!

To find out how much rice will be needed by 24 persons in four weeks, we can follow the steps below:

Step 1: Calculate the amount of rice needed per person per week.
56 kg of rice is needed for 16 persons in 1 week.
So, for 1 person, the amount of rice needed in 1 week is:
56 kg / 16 persons = 3.5 kg/person/week

Step 2: Calculate the total amount of rice needed by 24 persons in 1 week.
To find the amount of rice needed by 24 persons in 1 week, multiply the rice needed per person per week (3.5 kg) by the number of persons:
3.5 kg/person/week * 24 persons = 84 kg/week

Step 3: Calculate the total amount of rice needed by 24 persons in four weeks.
To find the total amount of rice needed by 24 persons in four weeks, multiply the amount of rice needed per week by the number of weeks:
84 kg/week * 4 weeks = 336 kg

So, the final answer is 336 kg of rice will be needed by 24 persons in four weeks.

To calculate the amount of rice needed by 24 persons in four weeks, you can use the proportional relationship between the number of persons and the amount of rice.

Given:
- 16 persons need 56 kg of rice in 1 week

To find the amount of rice needed by 24 persons in four weeks, you can set up a proportion:

Let "x" be the amount of rice needed by 24 persons in four weeks.

We can set up the following proportion:
16 persons : 24 persons = 56 kg : x

To solve this, you can cross-multiply and solve for "x":

16 * x = 24 * 56

Now simplify:

16x = 1344

Divide both sides by 16 to isolate "x":

x = 1344 / 16

x = 84 kg

Therefore, the amount of rice needed by 24 persons in four weeks is 84 kg.

It seems like your calculation is correct, so the answer you have calculated (24*(56/16)*4 = 84 kg) is correct, not the answer provided in the book.