Chef Rita is cooking for a Sunday brunch. She knows that 22 pancakes can feed 8 people. She is wondering how many people (p) she can feed with 55 pancakes. She assumes each person eats the same quantity of pancakes.How many people can Rita feed with 55 pancakes?people
Q. Chef Rita is cooking for a Sunday brunch. She knows that 22 pancakes can feed 8 people. She is wondering how many people (p) she can feed with 55 pancakes. She assumes each person eats the same quantity of pancakes.How many people can Rita feed with 55 pancakes?people
Determine Pancakes to People Ratio: Determine the ratio of pancakes to people.Rita knows that 22 pancakes can feed 8 people. This gives us a ratio of 22 pancakes per 8 people.
Calculate People per Pancake: Calculate the number of people per pancake.To find out how many people one pancake can feed, we divide the number of people by the number of pancakes.8 people ÷22 pancakes = 228 people per pancake
Simplify Ratio: Simplify the ratio.Simplify the ratio from Step 2 to make the calculation easier.228 simplifies to 114 people per pancake.
Calculate People for 55 Pancakes: Calculate the number of people 55 pancakes can feed.Now, we multiply the number of pancakes Rita has by the simplified ratio of people per pancake.55 pancakes ×114 people per pancake
Perform Multiplication: Perform the multiplication to find the number of people. 55×114=11220=20 people
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