Question

Carly purchase 9 and 1/2 pints of ice cream for a party.If each guest will be served exactly 3/5 pint of ice cream what is the greatest number of guests that Carly can serve

Answer 1

Answer:

15 guests.

Step-by-step explanation:

We have been given that Carly purchase 9 and 1/2 pints of ice cream for a party. Each guest will be served exactly 3/5 pint of ice cream.

To find the greatest number of guests that could be served the ice-cream, we will divide total amount of ice-cream by 3/5.

$9\frac{1}{2}=\frac{9\times 2+1}{2}=\frac{19}{2}$

$\text{The greatest number of guests that Carly can serve}=\frac{19}{2}\div\frac{3}{5}$

Now, we will convert division of fraction into multiplication by flipping the 2nd fraction as:

$\text{The greatest number of guests that Carly can serve}=\frac{19}{2}\times\frac{5}{3}$

$\text{The greatest number of guests that Carly can serve}=\frac{19\times 5}{2\times3}$

$\text{The greatest number of guests that Carly can serve}=\frac{95}{6}$

$\text{The greatest number of guests that Carly can serve}=15.833$

Since we cannot serve to 0.833 of a person, therefore, the greatest number of guests that Carly can serve would be 15.