A restaurant uses 4 pounds of potatoes for a party of 12 people. If they are cooking potatoes for a party of 60 people, what should they do?
To determine how many pounds of potatoes the restaurant should use for a party of 60 people, we can set up a proportion:
12 people / 4 pounds = 60 people / x pounds
Cross multiplying, we get:
12 * x = 4 * 60
12x = 240
Dividing both sides of the equation by 12, we find:
x = 240 / 12
x = 20
Therefore, the restaurant should use 20 pounds of potatoes for a party of 60 people.