Mr. Gaines is catering his company picnic. He will pay $18.45 for 3 people to eat the barbecue lunch. At this rate, how many people can Mr. Gaines afford to feed on a budget of $195.00?

Mr. Gaines is catering his company picnic. He will pay $18.45 for 3 people to eat the barbecue lunch. At this rate, how many people can Mr. Gaines afford to feed on a budget of $1850.00?

To find out how many people Mr. Gaines can afford to feed on a budget of $195.00, we need to determine the cost per person based on the given information.

We know that Mr. Gaines paid $18.45 for 3 people to eat the barbecue lunch. So, we can calculate the cost per person by dividing the total cost by the number of people.

Cost per person = $18.45 ÷ 3

To find out how many people Mr. Gaines can afford to feed, we divide his total budget by the cost per person.

Number of people = Total budget ÷ Cost per person

Number of people = $195.00 ÷ (Cost per person)

Now let's substitute the value of the cost per person and calculate the number of people.

Number of people = $195.00 ÷ ($18.45 ÷ 3)

Simplifying the expression within the parentheses:

Number of people = $195.00 ÷ ($6.15)

Now, we can divide the total budget by the cost per person:

Number of people = 31.71

Since we can't have a fraction of a person, Mr. Gaines can afford to feed 31 people with a budget of $195.00.

3 (195 / 18.45) = ?

18.45/3 = 6.15

195/6.15 = ?