Question

Each location of a chain restaurant employs 24 more waiters than cooks. Let c represent the number of cooks at a location and w represent the number of waiters at the same location. Find the value of w when c = 7.

a) 31
b) 28
c) 34
d) 30

Answer 1

Using the equation w = c + 24, we find that when the number of cooks, c, is 7, the number of waiters, w, is 31.

The question requires us to form an equation relating the number of cooks, c, and the number of waiters, w. The information given tells us that the number of waiters is always 24 more than the number of cooks at any given location of the restaurant. This relationship can be expressed as w = c + 24. To find the value of w when c is 7, we substitute 7 into the equation : w = 7 + 24 = 31

Therefore, when the number of cooks is 7, the number of waiters will be 31.