Answer:
-7
Step-by-step explanation:
The first column is the ratio you start with. The next column in the table should be the reduced fraction. To properly reduce a fraction, you divide the same number on the top and bottom of the fraction. Melody instead subtracted 1 in the top and bottom of the fraction to reduce it. She should have divided the top and bottom by 2 to get the second column of 1 pound of turkey and 3 people served.
The final column is designed to be the answer to the initial question of how many people are fed by 15 pounds of ground turkey. Starting with column 2 (the reduced ratio of 1/3), multiply the top by 15 to get 15 pounds of ground turkey. Then do the same to the bottom of the fraction. 3 x 15 = 45 people fed.
So the table should have been
Pounds of turkey 2 1 15
People served 1 3 45
Melody's overriding error was in believing that adding or subtracting numbers to both the top and bottom of a ratio/fraction keep its value the same. Instead, only multiplying or dividing the top and bottom by the same number creates an equivalent fraction.
Answer:
12.6 miles I think. I would wait for another answer to be possitive.
Answer:
the probability that a real emergency situation exists is 0.16 (16%)
Step-by-step explanation:
defining the event A= the alarm sounds ,we have
P(A)= probability that an emergency situation exists * probability that the alarm sounds given that an emergency situation exists + probability that a emergency situation does not exist * probability that the alarm sounds given that an emergency situation does not exist = 0.004* 0.95+ 0.996 * 0.02 = 0.02372
then if we use the theorem of Bayes for conditional probability and define the event E= a emergency situation exists , then
P(E/A)= P(E∩A)/P(A)= 0.004* 0.95/0.02372 =0.16 (16%)
where
P(E∩A)= probability that an emergency situation exists and the alarm sounds
P(E/A) = probability that an emergency situation exists given that the alarm has sounded
The answer is 8,263
I hop that helped
