Marcus and Beth are organizing a party. They plan to serve pudding for dessert. Marcus thinks they should make 5 cups of pudding for every 3 people. Beth thinks they should 6 cups of pudding for every 4 people. The pudding will be divided equally into dessert bowls. Will each person get more pudding under Marcus's plan or Beth's plan? (Justify your answer using words, numbers, or models.)

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Braden

24 August, 03:36

Marcus and Beth are organizing a party. They plan to serve pudding for dessert. Marcus thinks they should make 5 cups of pudding for every 3 people. Beth thinks they should 6 cups of pudding for every 4 people. The pudding will be divided equally into dessert bowls. Will each person get more pudding under Marcus's plan or Beth's plan? (Justify your answer using words, numbers, or models.)

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Beckett Trevino · Answer 1

Under the circumstances Marcus has a better plan under the assumption that you want more per person as 5 divided by 3 is 1.6666 and 6 divided by 4 is 1.5