SOLUTION: A taco contained approximately 1 kg of onion for every 6.6 kg of grilled steak. The total weight of the two ingredients was 617.6 kg. To the nearest tenth of a kilogram, how many k
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Question 1066351: A taco contained approximately 1 kg of onion for every 6.6 kg of grilled steak. The total weight of the two ingredients was 617.6 kg. To the nearest tenth of a kilogram, how many kilograms of onions and how many kilograms of grilled beef were used to make the taco?
Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The ratio of onions to grilled steak is
kg/kg
I can multiply top and bottom by the same number
and the ratio doesn't change
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Let = kg of onions to make tacos
= kg of grilled steak to make tacos
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I can say:
Multiply both sides by
and
81.3 kg of onions to make tacos
536.3 kg of grilled steak to make tacos
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check:
error due to rounding off, I think
OK
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