It is to be noted that for this item, we more concern of the pounds of flour. The number of batches is calculated by dividing the total mass of flour used by the amount per batch. That is, n = 86 lbs / (1 + 5/8 lbs/batch) n = 52.92 batch Thus, the chef makes approximately 53 batches of pasta.
We can use two separate fractions, one representing the amount of physics majors expected and the amount of seniors expected in physics majors by the university.
Now cross multiply.
x will be removed.
Simplifying this fraction will get you , which in percentage form, will be 2 percent.