Question

Josiah needs 2 1/2 cups of oil to make a a batch of 15 fried chickens. How many fried chickens can be made using 3 gallons of oil? Hint: There are 16 cups in a gallon.

Answer 1

Answer: 288 chickens

Step-by-step explanation: Please see attachment for explanation.

Answer 2

Answer:The number of fried chickens that can be made using 3 gallons of oil is 288

Step-by-step explanation:

Josiah needs 2 1/2 cups of oil to make a batch of 15 fried chickens. Converting 2 1/2 cups of oil to decimal, it becomes 2.5 cups of oil.

We want to determine how many fried chickens can be made using 3 gallons of oil. Since 1 gallon contains 16 cups, 3 gallons will contain 3 × 16 = 48 cups.

If 2.5 cups make a batch of 15 fried chickens, then 48 cups would make

(48×15)/2.5 = 288 fried chickens.