Mike wants to make meatloaf. his recipe uses a total of 7 pounds of meat if he uses a 3 to 1 ratio of beef to pork, how much pork will he use? enter your answer as a mixed number in simplest terms. enter the correct answer ooo done clear all 000

7/4 lb of pork = 1  3/4 lb of pork

Step-by-step explanation:

The fraction of that 7 lb of meat that is beef is (3/4), which stems from adding 3 and 1 and using it as the denominator of the fractions representing beef and pork.

(3/4)(7 lb) = 21/4 lb of beef plus p lb of pork sum up to 7 lb; then

7 lb - 21/4 lb = p lb of pork, or 28/4 lb - 21/4 lb = 7/4 lb of pork.

3      3p

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1          p

answer: city needs 2.4 inches of rainfall more to match the record of 40 inches.

step-by-step explanation:

since we have given that

total annual rainfall a city record = 40 inches

this year, total rainfall recorded = 37.6 inches

number of inches of rainfall   is needed to match the record of 40 inches is given by

hence, city needs 2.4 inches of rainfall more to match the record of 40 inches.