Question

penn buys 3 large sub sandwiches to serve at a party.He cuts the sandwiches into equal pieces and serves 1/4 sandwiches to each guest.write an equation to represent the number of guests,g, Penn served if he had no leftovers and he didn't eat any.

Answer 1

3 divided by 1/4 = 12


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Answer 2

Penn buys 3 large sub sandwiches to serve at a party.He cuts the sandwiches into equal pieces and serves 1/4 sandwiches to each guest.

Number of guests g =
`(Number of sandwiches(n))/(length of each piece(1/4))`

The equation becomes

g=
`(n)/((1)/(4))`

where 'g' is the number of guests and 'n' is the number of sandwiches

Given number of sandwich is 3 so n = 3

g =
`(3)/((1)/(4))` = 3 *
`(4)/(1)`= 12 guests