A bakery uses 48 pounds of flour each day. It orders flour every 28 days. How do you create an equation that shows how many pounds of flour the bakery needs to order every 28 days?

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Johnson Z.
Apr 12, 2016

#1344color(white)(i)"pounds"#

Explanation:

#1#. Create a "let" statement representing the pounds of flour that needs to be ordered every #28# days.

Let #x# represent the pounds of flour the bakery needs to order every #28# days.

#2#. Create an algebraic equation.

#x=(48color(white)(i)"pounds")/"day"xx28color(white)(i)"days"#

#3#. Solve for #x#.

#x=(48color(white)(i)"pounds")/color(red)cancelcolor(black)("day")xx28color(white)(i)color(red)cancelcolor(black)("days")#

#=48color(white)(i)"pounds"xx28#

#=color(green)(|bar(ul(color(white)(a/a)1344color(white)(i)"pounds"color(white)(a/a)|)))#

#:.#, the bakery needs to order #1344color(white)(i)"pounds"# of flour every #28# days.

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