A picnic favorite is strawberry Shortcake! Each batch of strawberry shortcake calls for 1 2/5 pounds of cake and 3/4 pound of strawberries. If
you want to make 5 batches of strawberry shortcake, how many pounds
of cake and strawberries do you need to buy?

To make 5 batches of strawberry shortcake you'll need 7 pounds of cake and 3 3/4 pounds of strawberries for a total sum of 10 3/4 pounds.

1 - Write an equation to represent the problem

For every batch, it takes 1 2/5 pounds of cake and 3/4 pounds of strawberries

therefore

For ease of math, lets convert these to decimals

2 - Plug in your variables to solve for cake and strawberries

Cake

To make 5 batches of strawberry shortcake you will need 7 pounds of cake

Strawberry

to make 5 batches of strawberry shortcake you will need 3.75 or 3 3/4 pounds of strawberries --- Totalling in at 10.75 pounds or 10 3/4

Hope this helps :)

c

step-by-step explanation: