SOLUTION: Sue was making spaghetti for a party of 60 people. Her sauce recipe said it served 8 people. This recipe called for 5 fresh tomatoes (weighing an average of 9 ounces each) and �

Question 1107000: Sue was making spaghetti for a party of 60 people. Her sauce recipe said it served 8 people. This recipe called for 5 fresh tomatoes (weighing an average of 9 ounces each) and � cup of chopped onions. How many pounds of tomatoes does she need to use? How many pints of chopped onions are needed?
Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
She needs to scale the recipe up from
8 to 60 people

ounces

21 pounds of tomatoes are needed
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Let = number of cups needed for 60 people

8 cups of onions are needed
Use conversion
[ pints / cup ]*8 = pints needed
You can look up conversion
Check my math!

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