Question

Eli is a 12.5 pounds of potatoes to make mashed potatoes. She uses one tenth as many pounds of butter as potatoes. How many pounds of butter does Ellie use

Answer 1

Answer:

Eli used 1.25 pounds of butter to make mashed potato.            

Step-by-step explanation:

We are given the following in the question:

Amount of potato used by Eli = 12.5 pounds

Amount of butter used =

$\dfrac{1}{10}(\text{Amount of potato used})$

Thus, pounds of butter used by Eli is:

$\dfrac{1}{2}\times 12.5\\\\=1.25$

Thus, Eli used 1.25 pounds of butter to make mashed potato.