A chef has a 2 -pound salmon filet. He slices the filet into 4-ounce servings a. How many pounds is each serving? Write your answer as a fraction in simplest form Each serving is pound b. How many 4-ounce servings can the chef create from the filet? How many ounces of salmon are left over?

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call the larger triangle abc

then the smaller triangle cde is similar to abc (all angles are equal, aaa).  

ab is the side that is 36, and we wish to find de, the side corresponding to ab

area_cde = area_abc - area_cde --> area_abc / area_cde = 2

let x=length of de

ratio of areas = (ratio of sides)^2

+2+=+%2836%2fx%29%5e2+

+2+=+1296%2fx%5e2+

++x%5e2+=+1296%2f2+=+648+

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my dear correct answer is option number 3