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there are 20 guests at a party. the host has 8 gallons of punch. He estimates that each guest will drink 2 cups of punch. If his estimate is correct, how much punch will be left over at the end of the party?

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Answer:

88

Explanation:

User Mindcorrosive
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Its correct. Im pretty sure the way to solve it is. 16 cups in 1 gal. Then do 8x16 to find the total amount of cups...Then do 20x2 for the 2 cups each person will have which gives you 40 then do 128(total of 16x8)-40(amount of cups that they drank) and you should get...88 cups left
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