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Shelly is having a party for her family. She wants to provide at least 12 cup

of tortilla soup for each of her guests. She has 5 gallons of soup. How
many people can she serve tortilla soup to?
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User Cybrix
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Answer:

Explanation:


5g(16c)/(g)(1)/(p)\ge 12\\ \\ 80\ge 12p\\ \\ 6.7\ge p\\ \\ p\le 6.7\\ \\ \text{Since the number of people must be an integer.}\\ \\ p\le 6\\ \\ \text{So the most people that could be served is 6.}

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