Question

Eli is a 12.5 pounds of potatoes to make mashed potatoes. She uses one tenth as many pounds of butter as potatoes. How many pounds of butter does Ellie use

Answer 1

Eli used 1.25 pounds of butter to make mashed potato.

Explanation:

We are given the following in the question:

Amount of potato used by Eli = 12.5 pounds

Amount of butter used =

`(1)/(10)(\text{Amount of potato used})`

Thus, pounds of butter used by Eli is:

`(1)/(2)* 12.5\\\\=1.25`

Thus, Eli used 1.25 pounds of butter to make mashed potato.