Answer
x = -2
Explication
Big brain
To answer the question, let B call the amount of meat and P the number of potatoes.
The recipe says that for every pound of meat we need 3 potatoes.
Then that relationship is written as follows:
If we increase the amounts of the recipe by 100%, it will multiply by 2 the amount of meat and also that of potatoes. Therefore we need 2 pounds of meat and 6 potatoes.
Then the relationship is:
But 
Therefore, the proportion that represents the situation remains the same
This occurs because the increase in the amount of potatoes and beef was in the same proportion.
I simplified the expression and the answer is 17
Answer:
1. 16:32=1:2
2. 56:200=7:25
Step-by-step explanation:
1. 16:32=1:2 -> both divisible by 8
2. 56:200=7:25 -> both divisible by 8
Sounds as tho' you have an isosceles triangle (a triangle with 2 equal sides). If this triangle is also a right triangle (with one 90-degree angle), then the side lengths MUST satisfy the Pythagorean Theorem.
Let's see whether they do.
8^2 + 8^2 = 11^2 ???
64 + 64 = 121? NO. This is not a right triangle.
If you really do have 2 sides that are both of length 8, and you really do have a right triangle, then:
8^2 + 8^2 = d^2, where d=hypotenuse. Then 64+64 = d^2, and
d = sqrt(128) = sqrt(8*16) = 4sqrt(8) = 4*2*sqrt(2) = 8sqrt(2) = 11.3.
11 is close to 11.3, but still, this triangle cannot really have 2 sides of length 8 and one side of length 11.
