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  • 10-02-2020
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the original recipe calls for 2 pounds of pasta and serves 8 people. The party will have 40 people . how many pounds of pasta does kurt need to buy?

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tayaljiya26
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  • 10-02-2020

Answer:

10 pounds. Hope this helps!!!!

Step-by-step explanation:

If 2 pound serves 8 people you can express that as a ratio of 2:8 so to get 8 people to 40 you multiply by 5 so you must do the same for the amount of pasta so 2 multiplied  5 equals 10.  

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