Question

A turkey costs $1.05 per pound. They're going to be 15 people at Thanksgiving dinner. Plan for each person to eat two, 3 / 8 lb servings of turkey. How many pounds of turkey will you need to buy?

Answer 1

11.25 pounds of chicken need to be bought

Explanation:

Per person will eat:

3/8 * 2 = 3/4 = 0.75 pound

So if one person will eat 0.75 pound.

15 people will eat 15 * 0.75 = 11.25 pounds