SOLUTION: the worlds largest taco contained approximately 1kg of onion for every 6.6kg of grilled steak. the total weight of these two ingredients was 617.6kg. to the nearest tenth of a kg h

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Question 653541: the worlds largest taco contained approximately 1kg of onion for every 6.6kg of grilled steak. the total weight of these two ingredients was 617.6kg. to the nearest tenth of a kg how many kilograms of each ingredient were used to make the taco
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Answer by josmiceli(19441) About Me  (Show Source):
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The ratio of onion to onion + steak is
+1+%2F+%28+1+%2B+6.6+%29+=+1%2F7.6+
Let +x+ = kg of onion needed
++x+%2F+617.6++=+1%2F7.6+
+7.6x+=+617.6+
+x+=+81.26+
+617.6+-+81.26+=+536.34+
81.3 kg of onion and 536.3 kg of grilled steak
were used

Answer by lwsshak3(11628) About Me  (Show Source):
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the worlds largest taco contained approximately 1kg of onion for every 6.6kg of grilled steak. the total weight of these two ingredients was 617.6kg. to the nearest tenth of a kg how many kilograms of each ingredient were used to make the taco
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let x=kg of onions used
617.6-x=kg of steak used
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x/(617.6-x)=1/6.6
6.6x=617.6-x
7.6x=617.6
x=617.6/7.6
x≈81.3 kg
617.6-x≈536.3 kg
kg of onions used≈81.3
kg of steak used≈536.3