Question

London purchased 4 3/4 pints of ice cream for a party. If each guest will be served exactly 2/3 pint of ice cream, what is the greatest number of guests that London can serve?

Answer 1

Answer:

7 persons

Step-by-step explanations:

If 4¾ pints of ice cream is available or the server and each person is expected to have a share of at least 2/3 pints.

The maximum number of people that will be able to get at least the supposed 2/3 pints will be gotten by dividing the total amounts of pints of ice cream by the amount that each person is expected to receive.

4¾ is the same as 19/4 or 4.75 and is divided by 2/3 or 0.6666666

19/4 ÷ 2/3

= 7⅛

But since ⅛ of a person doesn't exist,we have to discard it.

So therefore, the maximum number of persons that got a share of the ice cream is 7 persons

Answer 2

Answer:

7

Step-by-step explanation:

To solve this problem, we can use a rule of three.

The total amount of pints of ice cream is 4 3/4 = 4.75, and each guest will be served 2/3 pint of ice cream.

If one guest need 2/3 pint, X guests will need 4.75 pints:

1 guest -> 2/3 pint

X guests -> 4.75 pints

1/X - 2/3 / 4.75

X = 4.75 / 2/3 = 4.75 * 3 / 2 = 7.125

So the greatest number of guests that can be served is 7.