The recipe for beef stew calls for 1/4 teaspoon of pepper for every 3 potatoes. If 9 potatoes are used, how much pepper is needed? Solve the proportion  to answer the question. Explain your steps.

You and a friend race across a field to a fence and back. your friend has a 50-meter head start. the equations shown represent you and your friend's distances dd (in meters) from the fence tt seconds after the race begins. find the time at which you catch up to your friend. you: d=∣−5t+100∣d=∣−5t+100∣ your friend: d=∣−313t+50∣∣

Two positive integers are 3 units apart on a number line. their product is 108. which equation can be used to solve for m, the greater integer? m(m – 3) = 108 m(m + 3) = 108 (m + 3)(m – 3) = 108 (m – 12)(m – 9) = 108

You are updating your garage and the only thing left to paint is your garage day. you're only going to paint the slide that faces the street. the garage door is 9 fert 8inches tall and 120 inches wide. you need to know the surface area of the side of the garage door to determine how much paint to buy. the hardware store sells paint by how much covers a square foot. what is the surface area you should report to the hardware store what is the answer