A chef uses 3 3/4 pounds of semolina flour and 1 5/8 pound whole wheat flour for each batch of pasta she makes. one week she uses a total of 86 pounds of flour

how many batches does she make a week

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Rodrigo Mcclain

27 January, 04:41

A chef uses 3 3/4 pounds of semolina flour and 1 5/8 pound whole wheat flour for each batch of pasta she makes. one week she uses a total of 86 pounds of flour

how many batches does she make a week

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Nicholas Mcmahon · Answer 1

It is to be noted that for this item, we more concern of the pounds of flour. The number of batches is calculated by dividing the total mass of flour used by the amount per batch. That is,

n = 86 lbs / (1 + 5/8 lbs/batch)

n = 52.92 batch

Thus, the chef makes approximately 53 batches of pasta.

A chef uses 3 3/4 pounds of semolina flour and 1 5/8 pound whole wheat flour for each batch of pasta she makes. one week she uses a total of 86 pounds of flourhow many batches does she make a week

A chef uses 3 3/4 pounds of semolina flour and 1 5/8 pound whole wheat flour for each batch of pasta she makes. one week she uses a total of 86 pounds of flour

how many batches does she make a week