Question

Pablo's is a popular Mexican restaurant, known especially for its homemade salsa. During dinner last night at Pablo's, 7 tables of people ordered chips and salsa for every 2 tables that did not. Pick the diagram that models the ratio in the story. A total of 108 tables of people dined at Pablo's last night. How many of the tables ordered chips and salsa?

Answer 1

To find the number of tables that ordered chips and salsa at Pablo's, we can set up a ratio and solve an equation. In this case, 84 tables ordered chips and salsa.

Step-by-step explanation:

In the given scenario, 7 tables of people ordered chips and salsa for every 2 tables that did not.

We need to find the number of tables that ordered chips and salsa.

To solve this problem, we can set up a ratio. Let's assume that the number of tables that ordered chips and salsa is 'x'.

Then, the number of tables that did not order chips and salsa would be '2x/7' according to the given ratio.

Since a total of 108 tables dined at Pablo's last night, we can set up the equation: 'x + 2x/7 = 108'.

Multiplying both sides of the equation by 7 to eliminate the fraction, we get '7x + 2x = 756'.

Combining like terms, we have '9x = 756'.

Dividing both sides by 9, we find that 'x = 84'.

Therefore, 84 tables ordered chips and salsa at Pablo's last night.