Question

A recipe for potato salad calls for 30 potatoes to make 12 quarts of potato salad. How many potatoes are required to make 4 quarts of potato salad?

Answer 1

Answer:

10 potatoes.

Step-by-step explanation:

Let x be the number of  potatoes.

Then by proportion:

30/12 = x/4

12x = 4*30 = 120

x = 10.