SOLUTION: Coffee beans from 14 trees are required to produce the 17lbs of coffee that the average person in the U.S. drinks each year. How many trees are required to produce 375lbs of coffee
Algebra.Com
Question 370251: Coffee beans from 14 trees are required to produce the 17lbs of coffee that the average person in the U.S. drinks each year. How many trees are required to produce 375lbs of coffee?
Answer by mananth(16946) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
17 pounds are produced from 14 trees
375 pounds will require ?
this is direct proportion
..
number of trees = 375* 14/17
= 308.8
=309 trees are required
..
m.ananth@hotmail.ca
RELATED QUESTIONS
Another homework question, please help!!
Suppose coffee beans from 14 trees are... (answered by jorel1380)
I first divided 17 into 341; but I wasn't sure if I was headed in the right direction.... (answered by Alan3354,Earlsdon,jim_thompson5910)
I have tried diligently to solve the following problem but to no avail. It has been quite (answered by jim_thompson5910,Alan3354)
Your company offers gourmet coffee beans for $14 per pound and regular coffee beans for... (answered by bucky)
The price of ground coffee beans is d dollars for 8 ounces and each ounce makes c cups of (answered by stanbon)
a coffee barista is mixing two types of coffee beans;el-cheapo coffee beans ( $2 per... (answered by mananth)
Jimmy is a partner in an Internet-based coffee supplier. The company
offers gourmet... (answered by stanbon,ikleyn)
Carmen's Café ordered coffee beans from two different distributors at different prices. (answered by uma)
Joy is an instructional assistant in one of the college labs. She is on a very tight... (answered by richwmiller)