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a. Mr. Romano orders 48 lb of beef. & True & False \\
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b. Mr. Romano orders 16 lb of chicken. & [tex]$\bigcirc$[/tex] & \\
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c. The ratio of pounds of beef to pounds \\
of chicken that Mr. Romano orders is [tex]$3: 2$[/tex].
\end{tabular} & [tex]$\bigcirc$[/tex] & \\
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d. The ratio of pounds of chicken to pounds \\
of beef that Mr. Romano orders is [tex]$1: 3$[/tex].
\end{tabular} & [tex]$\bigcirc$[/tex] & \\
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Answer :

Certainly! Let's analyze each statement based on the given information:

a. Mr. Romano orders 48 lb of beef.
- True: This is correct. Mr. Romano orders 48 pounds of beef.

b. Mr. Romano orders 16 lb of chicken.
- True: This statement is also correct. Mr. Romano orders 16 pounds of chicken.

c. The ratio of pounds of beef to pounds of chicken that Mr. Romano orders is [tex]\(3:2\)[/tex].
- False: To determine the correct ratio of pounds of beef to pounds of chicken, we divide the amount of beef by the amount of chicken.
- [tex]\( \frac{48 \text{ lb beef}}{16 \text{ lb chicken}} = 3 \)[/tex]
- Therefore, the correct ratio is [tex]\(3:1\)[/tex], not [tex]\(3:2\)[/tex].

d. The ratio of pounds of chicken to pounds of beef that Mr. Romano orders is [tex]\(1:3\)[/tex].
- True: For the ratio of pounds of chicken to pounds of beef, we divide the amount of chicken by the amount of beef.
- [tex]\( \frac{16 \text{ lb chicken}}{48 \text{ lb beef}} = \frac{1}{3} \)[/tex]
- Hence, the correct ratio is indeed [tex]\( \frac{1}{3} \)[/tex], which can be expressed as [tex]\(1:3\)[/tex].

Summarizing, the correct answers are:

\begin{tabular}{|l|l|l|}
\hline \multicolumn{1}{l|}{ a. Mr. Romano orders 48 lb of beef. } & True & False \\
\hline b. Mr. Romano orders 16 lb of chicken. & [tex]$\bigcirc$[/tex] & \\
\hline \begin{tabular}{l}
c. The ratio of pounds of beef to pounds \\
of chicken that Mr. Romano orders is [tex]$3: 2$[/tex].
\end{tabular} & & [tex]$\bigcirc$[/tex] \\
\hline \begin{tabular}{l}
d. The ratio of pounds of chicken to pounds \\
of beef that Mr. Romano orders is [tex]$1: 3$[/tex].
\end{tabular} & [tex]$\bigcirc$[/tex] & \\
\hline
\end{tabular}