To find the answer convert 5 into 5/1. To make it compatible with 3/4 you have to have the same denominator. So to make 5/1 compatible with x/4 you multiply both sides by 4, so it would be 20/4. And then to find how many recipes you can make you would multiply 3 to the highest number it can be that does not exceed 20. The closest 3 can get to 20 before exceeding it would be 6 times. 6/1x3/4 =18/4. So you could make 6 recipes and you would have 2 pounds of potatoes left.
Zoe can make 6 recipies and she will have 2 pounds of potatoes left.
Answer:
6 recipes
Step-by-step explanation:
Zoe has 5 pounds of potatoes.
She has some recipes that require [tex]\frac{3}{4}[/tex] pounds of potatoes.
She will be able to make number of recipe = [tex]\frac{5}{\frac{3}{4} }[/tex]
= [tex]\frac{5\times 4}{3}[/tex]
= [tex]\frac{20}{3}[/tex]
= [tex]6\frac{2}{3}[/tex]
≈ 6 recipes
She would be able to make 6 recipes.
