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Joanna buys 5 pounds of potato salad to serve the guests at her daughter's graduation party. If she plans on serving 1/5 of a pound of potato salad to each guest, how many guests can Joanna serve? Use an equation and a visual model to solve the problem.

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Answer:

25 guests.

Explanation:

Joanna buys 5 pounds of potato salad to serve the guests at her daughter's graduation party.

Now, she plans on serving 1/5 of a pound of potato salad to each guest.

Therefore, the number of guests she can serve will be given by
N = (5 / (1)/(5)) = 5 * 5 = 25

So, the above equation is the required equation. (Answer)

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