Given :
Vanessa bought a 30 pound bag of rice she cooked 7.5 pounds of the rice she stores the rest of the rice in 4.5 pound portions.
To Find :
The maximum number of portions she stored.
Solution :
Let, number of portions she stored is n.
Amount of rice left, A = 30 - 7.5 = 22.5 pounds.
Now, number of portions of 4.5 pounds she stored :
[tex]n = \dfrac{22.5}{4.5}\\\\n = 5[/tex]
Therefore, maximum number of portions she stored is 5.
Hence, this is the required solution.
