Question

A container has 12 and 3/4 cups of lemonade .asher gives each of his classmates 7/8 of a cup of lemonade . He gives away all of the lemonade . How many classmates does asher give lemonade to?

Answer 1

Asher gave lemonade to 14 students

Solution:

Given that, A container has 12 and $\frac{3}{4}$ cups of lemonade

Asher gives each of his classmates $\frac{7}{8}$ of a cup of lemonade

To find: Number of classmates received the lemonade

From given question,

Total cups of lemonade = $12\frac{3}{4}$

$\rightarrow 12\frac{3}{4} = \frac{4 \times 12 + 3}{4} = \frac{51}{4}$

cups of lemonade received by each classmate = $\frac{7}{8}$

Thus, number of classmates received the lemonade can be found by dividing total cups of lemonade by cups of lemonade received by each classmate

$\rightarrow \frac{\frac{51}{4}}{\frac{7}{8}}=\frac{51}{4} \times \frac{8}{7}$

$\rightarrow 14.57$

Thus Asher gave lemonade to 14 students