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Question 1072087: a catering company is settling up tables for a big event that will host 784 people. when they set up the tables they need two forks for each child and five forks for each adult. if the company ordered a total of 2992 forks how many adults and children will be attending the event? Answer by jorel1380(3719) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Let n be the amount of adults attending the event. Then the amount of children at the event would be 784-n. So:
5n+2(784-n)=2992
3n=1424
n=474.6666667
There will be approximately 475 adults and 309 children at the event. ☺☺☺☺
