Answer:
10 guests
Explanation:
Step one:
Desmond bought 7 1/2 pints of ice cream
each guest gets a 3/4 pint
Required
The number of guests that Desmond can serve
Step two:
let us convert 7 1/2 to a simple fraction
= 15/2
The number of guests to be served is
=15/2/3/4
multiply the numerator by the inverse of the denominator
=15/2*4/3
=60/6
=10 guests