At Smith's Bar-B-Q restaurant, an entire slab of brisket weighs 12.8 pounds. It is cut into portions for sandwiches. Each portio

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skelet666 [1.2K]

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At Smith's Bar-B-Q restaurant, an entire slab of brisket weighs 12.8 pounds. It is cut into portions for sandwiches. Each portio

n uses 0.25 pound of brisket. How many sandwiches can they make from the slab of brisket?

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drek231 [11] · Answer 1 · 2022-10-17T22:53:06+03:00

drek231 [11]3 years ago

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Answer:

51

Step-by-step explanation:

To figure out how many 0.25 lb pieces are in 12.8 lb slab of brisket, you need to divide 12.8 ÷ 0.25, which equals 51.2. Since you can't put the 0.2 of a piece in a sandwich, that gives you 51 pieces, which makes 51 sandwiches.