SOLUTION: At a company picnic, there were 561 cans of soda for 399 people. Write that as a rate in simplest form. Which value goes in the numerator of the rate, and why?

Question 994920: At a company picnic, there were 561 cans of soda for 399 people. Write that as a rate in simplest form. Which value goes in the numerator of the rate, and why?
Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
At a company picnic, there were 561 cans of soda for 399 people. Write that as a rate in simplest form. Which value goes in the numerator of the rate, and why?
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561 can/399 people = 1.4 cans per person
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It is more reasonable to plan for cans per person than
it is to plan for persons per can since persons will
probably not share cans of soda.
Cheers,
Stan H.
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