Question 460743: For the 4th of July picnic,Teresa is preparing a selection of meat dishes. She is cooking 6 1/2 pounds of hot dogs,5 3/4 pounds of hamburger, and4 5/8pounds of cold cuts. Assuming that each person will eat 5/8 pounds of meat during the day long picnic,how many people will Teresa's meat dishes serve?
Answer by stanbon(75887)   (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! For the 4th of July picnic,Teresa is preparing a selection of meat dishes.
She is cooking 6 1/2 pounds of hot dogs,5 3/4 pounds of hamburger,
and 4 5/8 pounds of cold cuts. Assuming that each person will eat 5/8 pounds of meat during the day long picnic, how many people will Teresa's meat dishes serve?
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Total Weight: 13/2 + 23/4 37/8
lcd = 8
= [4*13 + 2*34 + 37]/8
= 157/8 lbs
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# of people the meat can serve:
(157/8)/(5/8)
= 157/5
= 31.4
= 31 when rounded down
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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