SOLUTION: every bowl of rice feeds 3 people. every bowl of vegetables feeds 3 people. every bowl of meat feeds 2 people. there are 65 bowls of food. how many people are there?

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Question 557081: every bowl of rice feeds 3 people. every bowl of vegetables feeds 3 people. every bowl of meat feeds 2 people. there are 65 bowls of food. how many people are there?
Answer by fcabanski(1391)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
This cannot be solved without additional information. All 65 bowls could be rice, or all 65 could be meat, or all 65 could be vegetables, or there could be some combination of the three that total 65.

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