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Answer:
12 meals with rice.
Step-by-step explanation:
The ratio of meals with rice to total school lunches is 2 : 5. We can set up a proportion to calculate the total meals with rice out of 30 lunches:
[tex]\frac{2}{5} = \frac{x}{30}[/tex]
Cross multiply:
2 · 30 = 5 ·x
60 = 5x
Divide both sides by 5:
60/5 = 5x/5
x = 12 meals.
Therefore, if 30 school lunches were had, 12 would have rice.
