Answer:
or 
Step-by-step explanation:
The complete exercise is: "A chicken salad recipe calls for
pound of chicken per serving . How many pounds of chicken are needed to make
serving".
You can convert the Mixed number to a Decimal number. Divide the numerator 1 by the denominator 2 and then add the quotient to the Whole number. Then, you get:

Now divide the numerator 1 by the denominator 8 to write the fraction to a Decimal number. Then:
Let be "x" the amount of pounds are needed to make
serving.
Then, you can set up the following proportion:

Solving for "x", you get:

or 
Answer: x = 131
Reasoning: Alternate interior angle theorem
The angles shown are inside the parallel lines, so they are interior angles. They are also considered alternate angles because they are on alternating sides of the transversal cut. Alternate interior angles are congruent when we have parallel lines like this.
1.50 pounds.
(dont have pound symbol, only $)