Maria by 8 1/3 pounds of beef to make tacos for a party she uses 5/9 pounds of beef for each taco how many tacos can maria make

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Answer: 4


Step-by-step explanation:

Turn 8. 1/3 into a improper fraction (25/3) and divide that by 5/9 which is 4.6296296 you can't round in this case so she can only make 4 tacos.


namely is just a division, so the quotient of those two, let's firstly convert the mixed fraction to improper fraction.


[tex]\bf \stackrel{mixed}{8\frac{1}{3}}\implies \cfrac{8\cdot 3+1}{3}\implies \stackrel{improper}{\cfrac{25}{3}} \\\\\\ \textit{how many times does }\frac{5}{9}\textit{ go into }\frac{25}{3}?~\hspace{5em}\cfrac{25}{3}\div \cfrac{5}{9} \\\\\\ \cfrac{25}{3}\cdot \cfrac{9}{5}\implies \cfrac{9}{3}\cdot \cfrac{25}{5}\implies 3\cdot 5\implies 15[/tex]