SOLUTION: I first divided 17 into 341; but I wasn't sure if I was headed in the right direction. Any assistance you can provide will be most appreciative. My daughter got stumped on this one

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Suppose coffee beans from 14 trees are required to produce 17 pounds of coffee, the amount of each person in the U.S. drinks each year. How many trees are required to produce 341 pounds of coffee?
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14 trees produce 17 pounds of coffee.
What each person in the US drinks has no bearing on the problem. Sometimes extraneous info is thrown to create confusion, just ignore it.
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14 trees produce 17 pounds.
1 tree produces 17/14 pounds, so 1 pound requires 14/17 of a tree.
341 pounds requires 341 times (14/17)
= 341*14/17
= 4774/17
= apx 280.82 trees
I'd say 281 trees, since 0.82 of a tree is hard to visualize.

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Ok, you are on the right track, dividing 341 lbs by 17 lbs
Now you would multiply this by 14 to get the number of trees required to produce 341 lbs of coffee beans.
But we can't have 0.84 of a tree so we'll round up to the nearest integer to get 281 trees.

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Let x=# of trees (which in this case would produce 341 lbs of coffee)

We have the following ratio:

   # of Trees                # of Trees
----------------   =   ----------------- 
# of lbs of coffee        # of lbs of coffee

Which algebraically looks like








Start with the given ratio


Multiply both sides by 341


Multiply


Divide


Rearrange the equation.


Now round that answer up to get 281 (since you cannot have a fractional amount of trees)


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Answer:

So 281 trees are required to produce 341 lbs of coffee.