Question

Ten pounds of fresh tomatoes make about 15 cups of cooked tomatoes. How many cups of cooked tomatoes does one pound of fresh tomatoes make?

Please enter your answer as a decimal.

Answer 1

1 lb of fresh tomatoes yields 1.5 cups cooked tomatoes.

Explanation:

Write out:

10 lb fresh tomatoes ↔ 15 cups cooked tomatoes.

We want the yield in cooked tomatoes of 1 lb fresh tomatoes. To obtain this, divide both sides by 10, obtaining

10 lb fresh tomatoes 15 cups cooked tomatoes

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10 10

So 1 lb of fresh tomatoes yields 1.5 cups cooked tomatoes.