Question

1.Mr. Gaines is catering his company picnic. He will pay $18.45 for 3 people to eat the barbecue lunch. At this rate, how many people can Mr. Gaines afford to feed on a budget of $1850.00 ? 1. Summarize the given situation in your own words. (What do you notice?) 2. Explain: What is the essential information you can use to find the solution.3. Find the solution. 4. Justify your answer is correct.

Answer 1

Part 1

The cost of a barbecue lunch per 3 people = $18.45

Mr Gaines has a budget of $1850.00

The question wants us to find the number of people that can be fed with his budget.

Part 2

The essential information needed is to find the cost of feeding 1 person.

If the cost of feeding 3 people = $18.45

Cost of feeding 1 person =$18.45/3 =$6.15

Let the number of people that can be fed on his budget =x

Therefore:

`x=(1850)/(6.15)`

Part 3

`x=300.8`

The number of people he can afford to feed will be 300.

Part 4

Although 300.8 approximates to 301

301 x 6.15 =$1851.15

300 x 6.15 =$1845

He cannot exceed his budget, so 300 is the correct solution.