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Elyssa has 4 cups of popcorn for her movie party. She puts 1/3 of a cup of popcorn into each bag for her guests. If she has 10 people at the party, will she have enough popcorn for everyone? Explain?

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Answer:

Yes.

Explanation:

Elyssa has a total of 4 cups of popcorn for her party. She is putting 1/3 of a cup of popcorn into each bag for her guests.

To find out if she has enough popcorn for everyone, we need to calculate how much popcorn will be needed for all 10 guests.

If each guest gets 1/3 of a cup of popcorn, then for 10 guests, Elyssa will need:

(1/3) x 10 = 10/3 = 3 1/3 cups of popcorn

However, Elyssa only has 4 cups of popcorn. Since 4 cups is greater than 3 1/3 cups, Elyssa will have enough popcorn for all of her guests.

Therefore, Elyssa will have enough popcorn for everyone at her party.

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