Question

1 in the example, suppose jessie wants to make a meatloaf with 40 oz of meat. a. what changes would you need to make to the tape diagram?

Explanation:

To answer this, we assume the original tape diagram (from the unshown example) represented a certain amount of meat. Since Jessie now uses 40 oz, the tape diagram’s total length (representing total meat) should be adjusted to reflect 40 oz. If the original diagram had segments for different meat components (e.g., beef, pork, etc.), the total “tape” length (the whole) would change to 40 oz, while the relative proportions of each component (if proportional) would stay the same, or the number of segments (if unit - based) would adjust so their sum is 40.

Answer:

The total length of the tape diagram (representing the total meat) should be adjusted to represent 40 oz. If the diagram has segments for different parts of the meat mixture, the sum of the lengths of all segments should equal 40 oz. The relative sizes of the segments (if they represent proportions of different meat types or ingredients) would remain consistent with the original ratio (unless the recipe changes), but the overall length of the entire tape (the whole) becomes 40 oz instead of the original amount.