Question

A cook makes vegetable barley soup by mixing 2 pounds of barley into 7 quarts of vegetable broth. Assume that the cook continues to use the same rate to make more batches of soup. How many pounds of barley should the cook mix with 35 quarts of broth?

Using the same rate, the cook should mix
pounds of barley with 35 quarts of broth.

Answer 1

Using the same rate, the cook should mix 10 pounds of barley with 35 quarts of broth.