Josh's chicken soup recipe calls for 212L of chicken stock. Josh makes 314times the recipe for a family reunion. How much chicken stock does Josh use to make soup for the family reunion? Express your answer as a mixed number in the simplest form.

Answer :

Answer:

[tex]8\dfrac{1}{8}\ L[/tex]

Step-by-step explanation:

Given that,

Amount needed for chicken stock is [tex]2\dfrac{1}{2}\ L[/tex]

Josh makes [tex]3\dfrac{1}{4}[/tex] times the recipe for a family reunion.

Let A is the amount neededto make soup for the family reunion. It can be calculated as follows :

[tex]A=2\dfrac{1}{2}\times 3\dfrac{1}{4}\\A=\dfrac{5}{2}\times \dfrac{13}{4}\\\\A=\dfrac{65}{8}\ L\\\\\text{or}\\\\A=8\dfrac{1}{8}\ L[/tex]

So, [tex]8\dfrac{1}{8}\ L[/tex]of chicken stock Josh use to make soup for the family reunion

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