lf there is 2/8.5 bags of mints,so you multiply 8.5x 2=17,then 17x1/2=17x1and 17x12=204, so she plans to put 1/12 at each place setting, will she have enough mints?
To determine if there are enough mints, let's break down the calculation step by step.
First, there are 2/8.5 bags of mints. To find the total number of bags, we need to perform the multiplication: 8.5 * 2 = 17.
Next, we want to find out how many mints are in 1/2 of a bag, so we multiply 17 by 1/2: 17 * 1/2 = 8.5.
Now, if she plans to put 1/12 of the total mints at each place setting, we need to calculate how many mints there are in total. To do this, we multiply 8.5 by 1/12: 8.5 * 1/12 = 0.7083.
After rounding, we can see that there will be approximately 0.71 mints per place setting. Since we cannot have a fraction of a mint, it means that there won't be enough mints for each place setting.
In conclusion, she does not have enough mints to put 1/12 at each place setting.