Grocery store sells 32 pounds of chicken on Tuesday. This is twice as much as number of pounds of steaks. How many pounds of steaks did the store sells on tuesday? Write your answer in ounces.

Respuesta :

Given:

Quantity of chicken = 32 pounds

To find:

How many pounds of steaks sell on Tuesday.

Solution:

Let x be the quantity of steaks sell on Tuesday.

Quantity of chicken sell on Tuesday = 32 pounds

Quantity of chicken = twice of steak

[tex]32 = 2x[/tex]

Divide by 2 on both sides.

[tex]$\frac{32}{2}=\frac{2x}{2}[/tex]

[tex]16 =x[/tex]

Quantity of steaks sell on Tuesday = 16 pounds

Convert pounds into ounces:

1 pound = 16 ounce

16 pounds = 16 × 16

                  = 256 ounces

Therefore 256 ounces of steaks sells on Tuesday.