Asauce recipe uses 4 cans of tomatoes in every 2 1/2 quarts. how many cans of tomatoes are used in each quart of the sauce? enter your answer in the box as a mixed number in simplest form.

1  can of tomatoes are used in each quart

Step-by-step explanation:

To find the number of tomatoes used in each quarts, we will follow the steps below;

Using proportion to solve, let x be the number of cans needed in each quart

4 cans =  2 quarts

  x       =  1     quart

cross-multiply

2 x = 4

  = 4

cross-multiply

5x = 8

Divide both-side of the edquation by 5

 =  

(On the left-hand side of the equation 5 at the numerator will cancel-out  5 at the denominator while at the right-hand side of the equation 8 will be divided by 5)

x =

x = 1  can

Therefore 1  can of tomatoes are used in each quart

(x, y)→(x − 8, y − 7)

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