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You're planning on making 5 meatloafs for a party. You go to the store to buy breadcrumbs, and see they are sold by the canister. How many canisters do you need to buy?

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How much breadcrumbs does the recipe call for? It calls for 1 1/4 cups of breadcrumbs.

How many meatloafs does the recipe make? It makes 1 meatloaf.

How many people can 1 meatloaf feed? It says it serves 10.

How big is the canister? It is cylindrical, 3.5 inches across and 7 inches tall.

What is the net weight of the contents of 1 canister? 15 ounces.

How much does a canister cost? $2.19

You will need  canisters.

Give your answer accurate to at least one decimal place (You can only buy whole canisters, but this way you'll know how much you'll have left over)

Explanation / Answer

For 1 meatloaf,

1 ¼ cups of breadcrumbs are required or 1.25 cups of breadcrumbs.

From given label of canister, 1 canister = 1/3 cups = 0.333 cups

No of canister required for 1 meatloaf = 1.25/0.333 = 3.75 canisters.

Hence, for 5 meatloafs, 5*3.75 = 18.75 canisters are required.

Since, only whole canisters can be bought, hence 19 Canisters are required which will cost 19*2.19$ or 41.61$

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