Question 610439
A recipe for a finished product uses 3 ingredients. these 3 ingredients are shipped in buckets that weigh 40 lbs.
 The recipe calls for:
  Ingredient A 13.33 lbs. 
  ingredient B 10 lbs. 
  Ingredient C 5 lbs. 
We can ship 64 buckets. 
What will the ratio of the buckets of ingredients be?
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Total weight of one item: 13.33+10+5 = 28.33 lb
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Find the number of buckets of each
Let a = buckets of A stuff
Let b = buckets of B
Let c = buckets of C
:
{{{a/64}}} = {{{13.33/28.33}}}
Cross multiply
28.33a = 64 * 13.33
a = {{{853.12/28.33}}}
a ~ 30 buckets of A
and, doing it the same way
{{{b/64}}} = {{{10/28.33}}}
b ~ 23 buckets of B
and
{{{c/64}}} = {{{5/28.33}}}
c ~ 11 buckets of C
:
"And how many finished products can be made from that? "
{{{(64*40)/28.33}}} ~ 90 items