Question

Volunteers at the food bank package meals to feed a family of four. The table shows
the weight and serving size of each food. Each box can hold a maximum of 2,75
pounds, or 44 ounces.
Main Course
Side Dish
Food Serves Weight Food Serves Weight
Roast beef 4
16 OZ
Potato
1
3.8 oz
Chicken
2 12.6 oz Coleslaw
12.4 oz
Vegetable
42.6 OZ
Green salad
5.6 oz
bean soup
Lasagna
28 OZ
Baked beans 4 14.2 oz
Chill
8.6 oz Pasta
2. 5.2 oz
/point) 1: The food bank has 110.9 pounds or 1,774.4 ounces of chicken. To the
nearest
whole number, how many servings of chicken does this provide? Show your work

Answer 1

Answer:

The total number of servings of chicken the food bank can provide = 70 servings

Step-by-step explanation:

The given information from the table are;

The number of chicken contained in the main course of a serving of food = 2

The mass of each chicken served by the food bank = 12.6 oz

The quantity of chicken the food bank has = 110.9 pounds (1,774.4 ounces of chicken)

Therefore we have;

The mass of chicken per serving = 2 × 12.6 = 25.2 oz/serving

The total number of servings of chicken the food bank can provide = (The quantity of chicken the food bank has)/(The mass of chicken per serving)

∴ The total number of servings of chicken the food bank can provide = (1,774.4 oz)/(25.2 oz/serving) ≈ 70.413

Given that the servings are in whole numbers, we have;

The total number of servings of chicken the food bank can provide = 70 servings, to the nearest whole number.