A jug contains 20 3/8 cups of lemonade. If you are serving guests at a summer picnic, how many glasses can you fill if each guest gets 1 1/2 cups of lemonade?

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Answer:

13 glasses

Step-by-step explanation:

Given:

Amount of of lemonade available = 20⅜ cups

Amount of lemonade per guest = 1½ cups

Required:

Number of glasses to be filled

SOLUTION:

Number of glass to be filled = amount of lemonade available ÷ amount of lemonade per guest

= 20⅜ ÷ 1½

Change both mixed fractions to improper fractions

= [tex] \frac{163}{8} [/tex] ÷ [tex] \frac{3}{2} [/tex]

Flip the fraction on your right upside down and change the division to multiplication

[tex] = \frac{163}{8} * \frac{2}{3} [/tex]

[tex] = \frac{163*2}{8*3} [/tex]

[tex] = \frac{163*1}{4*3} [/tex]

[tex] = \frac{163}{12} = 13.58 [/tex]

Number of glasses that would be filled is roughly 13 glasses.