The cook at Elmtown Middle School is calculating how many pounds of hamburger meat to order to make sloppy joes for Monday's lunch. To make enough sloppy joes for s students, she needs s/5 pounds of hamburger meat. The cook estimates 150 students will eat hot lunch on Monday. How many pounds of hamburger meat should the cook order?

The cook at Elmtown Middle School is calculating how many pounds of hamburger meat to order to make sloppy joes for Monday's lunch. To make enough sloppy joes for s students, she needs s/5 pounds of hamburger meat. The cook estimates 150 students will eat hot lunch on Monday. How many pounds of hamburger meat should the cook order?

Algebra and Trigonometry (6th Edition)

6th Edition

ISBN:9780134463216

Author:Robert F. Blitzer

Publisher:Robert F. Blitzer

ChapterP: Prerequisites: Fundamental Concepts Of Algebra

Section: Chapter Questions

Problem 1MCCP: In Exercises 1-25, simplify the given expression or perform the indicated operation (and simplify,...

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