Question

Gio wants to serve salad at the party. He will need one head of lettuce for every 6 guests who attend. Write an algebraic expression Gio could use to determine how much lettuce he needs. Gio finds out 18 people are coming to the party. Evaluate the expression for 18 guests

Answer 1

a. y = x/6 b. 3 heads of lettuce

Explanation:

a. Write an algebraic expression Gio could use to determine how much lettuce he needs

Since Gio needs one head of lettuce for every 6 guests who attend, then, the number of lettuce y needed for x guests is one head of lettuce/6 guests × x guests is y = 1/6 × x

= x/6

b. Gio finds out 18 people are coming to the party. Evaluate the expression for 18 guests

Since 18 guest come to the party, x = 6. So, y = x/6

= 18/6

= 3 heads of lettuce.