Question

A container has 12 and 3/4 cups of lemonade .asher gives each of his classmates 7/8 of a cup of lemonade . He gives away all of the lemonade . How many classmates does asher give lemonade to?

Answer 1

Asher gave lemonade to 14 students

Solution:

Given that, A container has 12 and
`(3)/(4)` cups of lemonade

Asher gives each of his classmates
`(7)/(8)` of a cup of lemonade

To find: Number of classmates received the lemonade

From given question,

Total cups of lemonade =
`12(3)/(4)`

`\rightarrow 12(3)/(4) = (4 * 12 + 3)/(4) = (51)/(4)`

cups of lemonade received by each classmate =
`(7)/(8)`

Thus, number of classmates received the lemonade can be found by dividing total cups of lemonade by cups of lemonade received by each classmate

`\rightarrow ((51)/(4))/((7)/(8))=(51)/(4) * (8)/(7)`

`\rightarrow 14.57`

Thus Asher gave lemonade to 14 students