It takes 15 minutes to preheat your oven to 325 degrees.
For an oven preheated to 325 degrees,
the recommended cooking time for a turkey is about 16 minutes per pound.
(a) Use a formula to express the total time T, in minutes,
needed to preheat the oven and then bake a turkey weighing p pounds.
T = ________
Preheat Time :15min.Turkey Time :p⋅16min.pound|p in poundsTotal Time :T=15min.+p⋅16min.pound
(b) Use your formula from part (a) to find the approximate time required to prepare a turkey weighing 15 pounds.
T = ________ min
p=15 poundsT=15min.+15 pounds⋅16min.poundT=15min.+15⋅16min.T=15min.+240min.T=255min.(4h 15min.)
