Question

The O'Brien family is ordering food for a family reunion. The family orders 16 pounds of potato salad. If 20 people attend the reunion, what is the largest amount of potato salad each person could receive

Answer 1

Each person would receive maximum 0.8 pounds of potato.

Explanation:

Given:

Total Amount of Potato = 16 pounds.

Number of people attend reunion = 20

We need to find the largest amount of potato each person would receive.

Solution:

largest amount of potato each person would receive can be calculated by dividing Total Amount of Potato with Number of people attend the reunion.

framing in equation form we get;

largest amount of potato each person would receive =
`(16)/(20) =0.8\ pounds`

Hence Each person would receive maximum 0.8 pounds of potato.