a soup kitchen prepared 2 gallons of soup. how many people can be fed if each serving of soup is 3/4 of a cup?
I know the answer is 42 people but I want to known the formula
Change 2 gallons into cups.
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Divide by 3/4.
thanks a lot
You're welcome.
To determine the number of people that can be fed with 2 gallons of soup, we need to convert gallons to cups and then divide by the serving size.
1 gallon is equal to 16 cups, so 2 gallons would be 2 x 16 = 32 cups.
Since each serving of soup is 3/4 of a cup, we divide the total cups of soup by the serving size:
32 cups ÷ (3/4 cup) = 32 cups ÷ (3/4) = 32 cups x (4/3) = 128/3 cups.
To find the number of whole servings, we divide the total cups by the serving size:
(128/3 cups) ÷ (3/4 cup) = 128/3 ÷ 3/4.
We can simplify this division problem by multiplying the numerator (128/3) by the reciprocal of the denominator (4/3):
(128/3) x (4/3) = (128 x 4) / (3 x 3) = 512/9.
To compute the actual number of people, we round this result down to the nearest whole number, as you cannot feed a fraction of a person:
512/9 = 56.9 (rounded down to 56).
Hence, the soup kitchen can feed 56 people with 2 gallons of soup, assuming each serving is 3/4 of a cup.