Luke's turkey chili recipe calls for 2.5 pounds of ground turkey for every 5 servings. How many servings can he make if he has 6 pounds of ground turkey? Complete the explanation. When entering the equation, use y to represent how many servings he can make and x to represent how many pounds of ground turkey he has.

12 servings

Step-by-step explanation:

Luke's turkey chili recipe calls for 2.5 pounds of ground turkey for every 5 servings. How many servings can he make if he has 6 pounds of ground turkey?

From above question:

2.5 pounds of ground turkey = 5 servings

6 pounds of ground turkey = x

Cross Multiply

2.5 × x = 6 × 5

x = 6 × 5/2.5

x = 12 servings

Hence, 6 pounds of ground turkey can make 12 servings.

Completing the explanation.

The equation is

5x = 2.5y

where:

x = represent how many pounds of ground turkey he has = 6 pounds

y = to represent how many servings he can make

Hence,

5 × 6 = 2.5y

y = 5 × 6/2.5

y = 12 servings

too hard the other guy did it

step-by-step explanation:

let x and 400 - x be the two numbers.  

==> 0.80x + 0.85(400 - x) = 400 - 68 from the statement of the problem.  

< ==> 0.80x + 0.85(400 - x) = 400 - 68  

==> 340 - 0.05x = 332  

< ==> -0.05x = -8 ==> x = 160, the first number ==> 400 - x = 240, the second number.