Question

Priya is hosting a poetry club meeting this week and plans to have fruit punch and cheese for the meeting. She is preparing 8 ounces of fruit punch per person and 2 ounces of cheese per person. Including herself, there are 12 people in the club
A package of cheese contains 16 ounces and costs $3.99. A one-gallon jug of fruit punch contains 128 ounces and costs $2.50. Let p represent the number of people in the club, f represents the ounces of fruit punch, c represents the ounces of cheese, and b represents Priya’s budget in dollars

Answer 1

Answer:

b= $3.99×2 + $2.50= $10.48

Step-by-step explanation:

We have the following unknowns:

p: number of people in the club

f: ounces of fruit punch

c: ounces of cheese

b: budget in dollars

We know that

p=12

Priya is preparing 8 ounces of fruit punch per person, so:

f= 8×p = 8×12 = 96

We need 96 ounces of fruit punch

Priya is preparing 2 ounces of cheese per person, so:

c= 2×p = 2×12 = 24

We need 24 ounces of cheese

A package of cheese contains 16 ounces and costs $3.99. In order to get all the cheese we need, Priya have to buy 2 packages of cheese.

2×16=32

32>24

A one-gallon jug of fruit punch contains 128 ounces and costs $2.50. Then, Priya have to buy only one gallon jug.

128>96

The budget would be:

b= $3.99×2 + $2.50×1