468-6g

The volume of a rectangular birthday cake is 468 cubic inches. The expression above models the amount of cake remaining, in cubic inches, after serving g guests. How much cake, in cubic inches, would remain after serving 50 guests?

1 answer

Substitute g with 50 in the expression:

468 - 6(50)
468 - 300
168 cubic inches

Therefore, 168 cubic inches of cake would remain after serving 50 guests.