document.write( "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 ½ cup of chopped onions. How many pounds of tomatoes does she need to use? How many pints of chopped onions are needed? \n" ); document.write( "

Algebra.Com's Answer #722018 by josmiceli(19441) $\"\"$ $\"About$

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She needs to scale the recipe up from
\n" ); document.write( "8 to 60 people
\n" ); document.write( " $\"+8k+=+60+\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"+k+=+60%2F8+\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"+k+=+7.5+\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"+5%2A9k+=+45k+\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"+45%2A7.5+=+337.5+\"$ ounces
\n" ); document.write( " $\"+337.5%2F16+=+21.1+\"$
\n" ); document.write( "21 pounds of tomatoes are needed
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\n" ); document.write( "Let $\"+c+\"$ = number of cups needed for 60 people
\n" ); document.write( " $\"+c%2Ak+=+60+\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"+c%2A7.5+=+60+\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"+c+=+60%2F7.5+\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"+c+=+8+\"$
\n" ); document.write( "8 cups of onions are needed
\n" ); document.write( "Use conversion
\n" ); document.write( "[ pints / cup ]*8 = pints needed
\n" ); document.write( "You can look up conversion
\n" ); document.write( "Check my math!\r
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