Mr. Gaines is catering his company picnic. He will pay $18.45 for 3 people to eat the barbecue lunch. At this rate, how many people can Mr. Gaines afford to feed on a budget of $195.00?
Mr. Gaines is catering his company picnic. He will pay $18.45 for 3 people to eat the barbecue lunch. At this rate, how many people can Mr. Gaines afford to feed on a budget of $1850.00?
To find out how many people Mr. Gaines can afford to feed on a budget of $195.00, we need to determine the cost per person based on the given information.
We know that Mr. Gaines paid $18.45 for 3 people to eat the barbecue lunch. So, we can calculate the cost per person by dividing the total cost by the number of people.
Cost per person = $18.45 ÷ 3
To find out how many people Mr. Gaines can afford to feed, we divide his total budget by the cost per person.
Number of people = Total budget ÷ Cost per person
Number of people = $195.00 ÷ (Cost per person)
Now let's substitute the value of the cost per person and calculate the number of people.
Number of people = $195.00 ÷ ($18.45 ÷ 3)
Simplifying the expression within the parentheses:
Number of people = $195.00 ÷ ($6.15)
Now, we can divide the total budget by the cost per person:
Number of people = 31.71
Since we can't have a fraction of a person, Mr. Gaines can afford to feed 31 people with a budget of $195.00.
3 (195 / 18.45) = ?
18.45/3 = 6.15
195/6.15 = ?