Asked by John

Kelly is cooking a turkey. The directions say to cook it 30 minutes per pound. She bought a 12 lb turkey. How many minutes should she cook it? How many hours should she cook it?
Answered by 💜ShyGirl💜
30=12
30*12=hour
sorry thats it :/ thats all i know just turn hour in to minutes
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Answered by oobleck
Time to learn some dimensional analysis. Keep track of the units; they cancel just like numeric factors
You want to convert lbs of weight to cook time.

12 lb * 30min/lb = 360min
360min * 1hr/60min = 360/60 = 6 hr
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