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.

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.

anonymous · Answer

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anonymous · Answer

part A :let X be the number of persons
therefore you just have to multiply 8(ounces per person) by X ( the number of persons)

anonymous · Answer

part B:
since 8X is the number of ounces of broccoli needed..
you have to equate 8X to 32
8X = 32
SOLVE FOR X

anonymous · Answer

Part A will be $$y=8x$$, where y is the total amount and x is the number of persons.

Part B will be $$32=8x$$, where x is the number of persons and 32 is the total available amount.
x will then be $$32/8=x=4$$