Five cups of rice will server 8 people. Exactly how many cups of rice are needed to server 14 people?

8.75 cups

Step-by-step explanation:

We can write a ratio to solve

5 cups         x cups

  =

8 people       14 people

Using cross products

5*14 = 8x

70 = 8x

Divide by 8

70/8 = 8x/8

8.75=x

Step-by-step explanation:

8 people => 5 cups

1 person => 5/8 cups

14 people => 5/8 ×14 = 35/4 cups

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a negative exponent is translated as follows:

so, we have

the number of the people going.

step-by-step explanation:

the cost to buy one movie ticket is $7. if the total cost for the movie is a function of how many people go, then the input is : the number of the people going.