Nicole is making tuna salad for her office colleagues. It takes of a pound of canned tuna to make 5 portions of salad. She uses pounds of canned tuna for every 2 onions used. If Nicole uses a total of 4 onions, then how many portions of salad does she make?

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Adriel Parks

Mathematics

25 October, 14:20

Nicole is making tuna salad for her office colleagues. It takes of a pound of canned tuna to make 5 portions of salad. She uses pounds of canned tuna for every 2 onions used. If Nicole uses a total of 4 onions, then how many portions of salad does she make?

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Julio Leon · Answer 1

IF she use 1 pound of canned tuna for every 2 onions used, then:

2 onions = 1 pound of canned tuna

4 onions=2 pounds of canned tuna

1 pound of canned tuna = 5 portions

2 pounds of canned tuna = 10 portions