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Direct Proportion

Sue buys 6.6 ...

Question

Sue buys 6.6 pounds of chicken to make tacos. She uses 0.4 pound of chicken of each
taco. (a) How many tacos can sue make? [3]
(b) How many pounds of chicken are left over?

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Solution

Dear student,

$S u e b u y s c h i c k e n = 6.6 p o u n d s I n e a c h t a \cos s h e u s e s = 0.4 p o u n d s a) N u m b e r o f t a \cos s h e m a k e = \frac{t o t a l q u a n t i t y o f c h i c k e n}{q u a n t i t y o f c h i c k e n u s e d i n 1 t a c o} = \frac{6.6}{0.4} = \frac{33}{2} = 16.5 w h i c h m e a n s 16 t a \cos s u e c a n m a k e . b) C h i c k e n l e f t o v e r = 0.5 p o u n d s$

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