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.

Respuesta :

Part A: 8P. The letter P represents the people coming to the dinner.

Part B: 4 people can be fed

32=8P divide both side by 8 and you get 4=P