Question

peggy sue decided to enter her famous five alarm chili at her local chili cooking contest.normally, she needs five tomatoes to make enough chili for her family of seven she only packed 58 tomatoes, how many people can she expect to feed

Answer 1

it is given that peggy needs 5 tomatos for 7 member

so with 58 tomatos she can serve,

`\begin{gathered} =(7)/(5)*58 \\ =81.2 \end{gathered}`

so, she can serve 81 people by using 58 tomatoes