Question

The rodriguez brother buys f boxes of frozen burger meat, each containing m slices of meat. Every week, the family eats b burgers. Write an equation in terms of f, m,, and b that represents the number of remaining burger meat,r, after 5 weeks

Answer 1

Answer:

$r=f\times m-5b$

Step-by-step explanation:

Given:

Number of boxes of burger meat = $f$

Number of slices of meat in each box = $m$

Number of burgers the family eats each week = $b$

Number of burger meat remaining = $r$

To write: An equation in terms of $f, m,\ and\ b$ that represents the number of remaining burger meat, $r$, after 5 weeks.

Now, since each box contain 'm' slices.

Therefore, by unitary method, number of slices of meat in 'f' boxes is given as:

$Total\ number\ of\ slices=f\times m$

Now, each week burger consumption = 'b'

So, 'b' slices of meat are eaten each week. Again by unitary method, the number of slices eaten in 5 weeks is given as:

$\textrm{Number of slices eaten in 5 weeks}=5b$

Now, Slices remaining = Total number of slices - Number of slices eaten in 5 weeks.

Therefore, $r=f\times m-5b$

Hence, the equation that represents the number of slices of burger meat remaining in terms of 'f', 'm', and 'b' is given as:

$r=f\times m-5b$