Jaden made a pot of chili with 48 ounces of ground beef and 2 tablespoons of chili powder. He made another pot of chili with the

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Jaden made a pot of chili with 48 ounces of ground beef and 2 tablespoons of chili powder. He made another pot of chili with the

same amount of ground beef but he used 3 times as much chili powder. How many pounds of ground beef per tablespoon of chili powder did he use in the second pot of chili?

Mathematics

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GenaCL600 [577] · Answer 1 · 2022-08-14T05:00:56+03:00

GenaCL600 [577]2 years ago

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He used 8 pounds of beef per table spoon. If he used 3 times as much in the second bowl, then he used 6 table spoons (3x2=6). To find how many pounds per table spoon just divide the amount of pounds by the amount of table spoons (48/6= 8)