SOLUTION: Maria orders food for a party. She orders 5 times the number of pounds of chicken as she does beef, and she orders 4 times the number of pounds of fish as beef. The total weight of

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Question 1154368: Maria orders food for a party. She orders 5 times the number of pounds of chicken as she does beef, and she orders 4 times the number of pounds of fish as beef. The total weight of the food she orders is 200 pounds. How many pounds of each item does Maria order?
Answer by ikleyn(52803)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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Let x = # of pounds of beef.


Then the # of pounds of beef is  5x,  and  the # of pounds of fish is  5x.


For the total, you have this equation


    x + 5x + 4x = 200,

    10x         = 200,

      x         = 200/10 = 20.


ANSWER.  20 pounds of beef,  5*20 = 100 pounds of chicken and 4*20 = 80 pounds of fish.

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