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Ella is cooking a turkey and a ham for Thanksgiving. It takes 14 minutes per pound to cook a turkey and 21 minutes per pound to cook a ham. Ella is able to cook the turkey and the ham in 6 hours and 32 minutes. If the turkey weighs twice as much as the ham, how much do the turkey and the ham weigh?

Respuesta :

Let the weight of turkey be = x

Let the weight of ham be = y

The turkey weighs twice as much as the ham , which is x=2y

Total time given is = 6 hours 32 minutes

Converting it in minutes [tex](6\times60)+32=392[/tex]

Equation becomes [tex]14x+21y=392[/tex]

Putting x=2y

[tex]14(2y)+21y=392[/tex]

[tex]49y=392[/tex]

[tex]y=8[/tex]

As x=2y

So, [tex]x=2\times8=16[/tex]

Hence, the weight of turkey is 16 pounds and weight of ham is 8 pounds.


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Answer:

B. THE TURKEY WEIGHS 18 POUNDS, AND THE HAM WEIGHS 9 POUNDS.

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