Question

You buy tomatoes in 25 pound shipments one batch of cobb salad requires 1.1 pounds of tomatoes. How many portions can be made with one shipment?

Answer 1

About 22.72 portions can be made with one shipment. If you divide 25 and 1.1 you can get this answer.

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Answer 2

Answer: 22

Step-by-step explanation:

Given : Amount of tomatoes bought = 25 pounds

Amount of tomatoes require for one batch of cobb salad=1.1 pounds

Then by suing the division operation, we have

The number of portion can be made with one shipment will be :-

$\text{Total tomatoes bought}\div\text{tomatoes require for one batch}\\\\=25\div1.1=22.7272727273\approx22.72\approx22$

Hence, about 22 portions can be made with one shipment.