Question

Shawn bought a 10-pound turkey to serve for Thanksgiving. He plans to serve eachadult 2/5 of a pound.Write an equation to represent the number of adult servings, x, Shawn canget from the 10-pound turkey. Use your equation to determine the number of adultservings.

Answer 1

Since each serving contains 2/5 of a pound, then, the total weight of x servings would be:

$\frac{2}{5}x$

If the total weight of x servings should be equal to the weight of the turkey, then:

$\frac{2}{5}x=10$

Multiply both sides of the equation by 5/2:

$\frac{5}{2}\cdot\frac{2}{5}x=\frac{5}{2}\cdot10$

Simplify the expressions on both sides of the equation:

$x=25$

Therefore, the number of adult servings from a 10 pound turkey, will be 25.