<em><u>Complete Question:</u></em>
A restaurant uses 4.375 pounds of cheese every 8 and 3/4 pizzas. At this rate how many pounds of cheese are used per pizza?
<em><u>Answer:</u></em>
0.5 pounds of cheese are used per pizza
<em><u>Solution:</u></em>
Given that,
A restaurant uses 4.375 pounds of cheese every 8 and 3/4 pizzas
Therefore,
We have to find pounds used per pizza
Let "x" be the pounds used per pizza
Then,
By cross multiplying,
Thus, 0.5 pounds of cheese are used per pizza