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document.write( ": <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Mr.adams will be serving 20 people at a barbeque. He plans to make two hamburgers for each person. Mr. Adams spent $27.00 at the store on meat, which sells for $2.25 per pound. If Mr.Adams wants to make all the hamburgers the same size, what will be the size, in pounds of each hamburger? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "# of people: 20<BR>\n" );
document.write( "# of hamburgers: 40<BR>\n" );
document.write( "# of pounds of hamburger: 27/2.25 = 12<BR>\n" );
document.write( "weight of each hamburger: 40/12 = 0.3 lbs<BR>\n" );
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