Question

elizabeth purchases a container of punch mix that when mixed with water makes 640 ounce of punch. Elizabeth has 8 ounce drinking glasses. she assumes that each person will drink 2 glasses of punch. show how to determine how many people can be served with one container of punch.

Answer 1

since people are getting two glasses it's 8×2 which is 16, so since there are 640 ounces and each person gets 16 ounces you do 640÷16 which is 40 people.