Question

Stan’s Steakhouse has a server to cook ratio of 5 to 2. The total number of servers and cooks is 42. How many servers does Stan’s Steakhouse employ?

Answer 1

The number of servers does Stan’s Steakhouse employ are 30.

Explanation:

Given : Stan’s Steakhouse has a server to cook ratio of 5 to 2. The total number of servers and cooks is 42.

To find : How many servers does Stan’s Steakhouse employ?

Solution :

Ratio of server to cook = 5 : 2

Let the ratio be 'x'

So, the number of server to cook are 5x and 2x.

The total number of servers and cooks is 42.

i.e.
`5x+2x=42`

`7x=42`

`x=(42)/(7)`

`x=6`

The number of servers does Stan’s Steakhouse employ are

`5x=5(6)=30`

The number of cook does Stan’s Steakhouse employ are

`2x=2(6)=12`

Therefore, the number of servers does Stan’s Steakhouse employ are 30.