SOLUTION: A caterer is baking cookies for a function. He buys a tub of cookie batter and uses 1/2 ounce of cookie batter per cookie. If each person attending the function will be given 3 coo

Question 897469: A caterer is baking cookies for a function. He buys a tub of cookie batter and uses 1/2 ounce of cookie batter per cookie. If each person attending the function will be given 3 cookies, what is the maximum number of people who can be served?
Answer by josgarithmetic(39625) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
How much cookie batter is in the tub?
Give that a variable if the description does not.
T = how many ounces of batter in the tub.

x = how many people to serve

persons
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