document.write( "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? \n" ); document.write( "

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document.write( "Let x = # of pounds of beef.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Then the # of pounds of beef is  5x,  and  the # of pounds of fish is  5x.\r\n" );
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document.write( "For the total, you have this equation\r\n" );
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document.write( "    x + 5x + 4x = 200,\r\n" );
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document.write( "    10x         = 200,\r\n" );
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document.write( "      x         = 200/10 = 20.\r\n" );
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document.write( "ANSWER.  20 pounds of beef,  5*20 = 100 pounds of chicken and 4*20 = 80 pounds of fish.\r\n" );
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