Question

Gus makes 48 fluid ounces of spiced cider. If he serves an equal amount to each of 7 people, will each person get more than I cup of cider or less than 1 cup? (I cup = 8 fluid ounces) Show your work.

Answer 1

Step-by-step explanation:

Total spiced cider = 48 fluid ounces

Number of people served = 7 people

Number of spiced cider per person = 48/7

= 6.857 fluid ounces.

1 cup = 8 fluid ounces

Cup per person = 1/8 × 6.857

= 6/7 cup per person

= 0.857 cup per person

Each person gets less than 1 cup of spiced cider.

Answer 2

Answer:

Each person get less than 1 cup of cider.

Step-by-step explanation:

1. Calculate the amount of cider served to each person:

Total amount of cider is 48 fluid ounces

Gus serves 7 people

Let Q the amouunt of cider served to each person:

$Q=\frac{48}{7}=6.85$

Then, each person recived 6.85 fluid ounces of spiced cider.

2. Calculate the number of cups served:

Considering that 1 cup=8 fluid ounces, then:

$Q=6.85\frac{1}{8}=0.85$

That means that each person recived 0.85 cups of spiced cider.

Each person get less than 1 cup of cider.