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Marco and his parents are planning a family reunion and 120 people are expected. Each bottle of juice contains enough for 7servings. How many bottles of juice will be needed to give each person one serving? Make sure to account for each person2115 1817

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18 bottles of juice

Step-by-step explanation:

Total number of people expected = 120

Each bottle contains 7 servings

Each person will have one serving

let the number of bottles needed = y

if 1 bottle contains 7 servings, 1 bottle will serve 7 persons

1 bottle = 7 people

y = 120 people

120(1) = 7(y)

120 = 7y

y = 120/7

y = 17.14

We do not have a whole number in our result and we need to account for each person.

To determine the right amount of bottles, we need to check our result by using 17 and 18

for 17 bottles, number of people = 17 (7) = 119

for 18 bottles, number people = 18 (7) = 126

119 is less than the number of people expected

126 is more than the number of people expected

18 bottles will account for each person

Hence, 18 bottles of juice will be needed to give each person one serving

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