Question

there are 16 servings in 2 boxes of spaghetti, 24 servings in 3 boxes of spaghetti and so on. how many servings will you get from 5 boxes of spaghetti? (1 point)

8

10

40

20

Answer 1

The pattern suggests that the number of servings is directly proportional to the number of boxes of spaghetti. Therefore, to find out how many servings will be obtained from 5 boxes of spaghetti, we can set up a proportion:

(2 boxes / 16 servings) = (5 boxes / x servings)

By cross multiplying, we get:

2x = 16 * 5
2x = 80
x = 80 / 2
x = 40

Therefore, you will get 40 servings from 5 boxes of spaghetti.