Question

Jerome is cooking dinner. He needs 8 ounces of broccoli for each person.

Part A: Jerome is not sure how many people will come to dinner. Write an expression with a variable that represents the amount of broccoli Jerome needs for dinner. Identify what the variable represents.

Part B: If Jerome has 32 ounces of broccoli, how many people can he feed? Create an equation and show all work to solve it.

Answer 1

Part A: X·8=Y

X represents the amount of people. Multiply X by 8 to see how many (Y) ounces of broccoli will be needed.

4·8=32

Jerome would be able to feed 4 people with 32 ounces of broccoli if each person is to get 8 ounces.

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