Question

17. A chef mixed 4.85 lb of white rice with twice as many pounds of brown rice. She then cooked half the amount of the mixed rice. How many pounds of mixed rice did she cook? Give your answer correct to 2 decimal places.

Answer 1

Answer: 7.275lbs

Explanation:
4.85x3 because one of white rice and double the brown rice
then you take that answer which is 14.55 and divide by 2 because she only cooked half the rice which gives you 7.275lbs.

Answer 2

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Answer:

14.55 lb

Step-by-step explanation:

Brown rice: 4.85 x 2 = 9.7 lb

Pounds of rice the chef cooked: 9.7 + 485 = 14.55

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