A recipe calls for 35 of a pound of sausageHow much sausage

A recipe calls for 3/5 of a pound of sausage.How much sausage should be used if only 1/4 of the recipe is being made? Solve and write answer in simplest form.

Solution

in 1 recipe sausage needed = 3/5 pound

so in 1/4 part of recipe sausage needed will be = (1/4)*(3/5) = 3/20 pound = 0.15 Pound