Question

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? (Sentence) *

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Answer 1

Price of lunch of each, P = $ 18.45/3 = $ 6.15 .

Now, number of people that can eat the barbecue at a budget of $1850.00 is:

`n=(1850)/(6.15)\\\\n=300.81`

Therefore, Mr. Gaines afford maximum 300 people to feed on a budget of $1850.00 .

Hence, this is the required solution.