16+5x-6=20
5x+16-6=20
5x+10=20
5x=20-10
5x=10
x=10/5
x=2
Answer: 2.
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:
Step-by-step explanation:
Im not answering the question but omg ur and army my bias is suga and im also in middle school
If you start at 0 and the next number is .75 then you must add .75 to each new number
therfore 2.25 + .75= 3.00
3.00+.75= 3.75
0,0.75,1.5,2.25,3.00,3.75
HOPE THIS HELPS
