At the town picnic, 480 hot dogs and 320 hamburgers are barbequed. Find the maximum number of families that can attend if the hot dogs and hamburgers are divided equally for each family.(1 point)

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Responses

80 families
80 families

40 families
40 families

120 families
120 families

160 families

Answer 1

To find the maximum number of families that can attend, we need to divide the total number of hot dogs and hamburgers by the number of each food item required per family.

Each family requires 1 hot dog and 1 hamburger, so the total number of families that can attend is given by the minimum of the number of hot dogs divided by 1 and the number of hamburgers divided by 1.

Number of families = min(Number of hot dogs / 1, Number of hamburgers / 1)
= min(480 / 1, 320 / 1)
= min(480, 320)
= 320

Therefore, the maximum number of families that can attend is 320.