you are responsible for buying supplies for an upcoming camping trip. you can buy packages of stew that just need water added and then are heated. Each package costs $4.95 and contains enough stew for 2 people. You need to buy enough packages so that you can have stew for 3 days of the trip there will be 8 people on the trip. How many packages do you need? what is the total cost?
Assuming three meals of stew a day, number of packages =
(3*3*8)/2 = ?
For cost, multiply the above answer by $4.95.