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Original post by amiskeen
joy organised a wedding guest had to choose their meal from beef,chicken or vegetarian
1/3 of them chose beef
5/12 chose chicken
and 23 of the guest chose vegetarian
how many guest came to the wedding ?


Let's say a total TT guests came to the wedding.

We know that 1/3 of them chose beef. How can you mathematically express 1/3 of the total in terms of TT?
We know that 5/12 of them chose chicken. How can you mathematically express 5/12 of the total in terms of TT?
We know that 23 of them chose vegetarian. We are not saying that some fraction of the total chose vegetarian, since we are giving the exact number, so you don't need to try and express this in terms of T -- keep it as it is.

Then add up the three things you just answered, and you should end up with the total amount of people that came, ie TT.

This should yield a linear equation in TT which you can solve.
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Original post by amiskeen
joy organised a wedding guest had to choose their meal from beef,chicken or vegetarian
1/3 of them chose beef
5/12 chose chicken
and 23 of the guest chose vegetarian
how many guest came to the wedding ?

You can calculate the proportion of guests that 23 represents. Divide 23 by that to get the total number of guests.

Your answer should be in the range 90-100.
The easiest way is to add 1/3 and 5/12 to get 9/12 =3/4

That leaves 1/4 who chose vegetarian.

23 = 1/4 so 4/4 = 4 x 23 = 92
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Original post by amiskeen
joy organised a wedding guest had to choose their meal from beef,chicken or vegetarian
1/3 of them chose beef
5/12 chose chicken
and 23 of the guest chose vegetarian
how many guest came to the wedding ?


can you please post the answer if u found it
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Original post by RogerOxon
You can calculate the proportion of guests that 23 represents. Divide 23 by that to get the total number of guests.

Your answer should be in the range 90-100.

Thanks for your help the answer was 92
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Original post by KA_info
can you please post the answer if u found it

Hi the answer was 92
Original post by amiskeen
Thanks for your help the answer was 92

Yes, that's correct.
1/3 of them chose beef5/12 chose chickenand 69 of the guest chose vegetarianhow many guest came to the wedding ?
(MathsWatch VLE Answer)276 guests.Step-by-step explanation:fraction of the guest that chose beef = 1/3fraction of the guest that chose chicken = 5/12fraction of the guest that chose vegetarian = 1 - 1/3 - 5/12 = 1/4Find the number of guests:guests that chose vegetarian = 1/4guests that chose vegetarian = 691/4 of the guest = 694/4 of the guest = 69 x 4 = 276Answer: There are 276 guests.
Original post by Abdalah16
1/3 of them chose beef5/12 chose chickenand 69 of the guest chose vegetarianhow many guest came to the wedding ?

did you find this in mathswatch
Original post by {Epic} Dynamic
(MathsWatch VLE Answer)276 guests.Step-by-step explanation:fraction of the guest that chose beef = 1/3fraction of the guest that chose chicken = 5/12fraction of the guest that chose vegetarian = 1 - 1/3 - 5/12 = 1/4Find the number of guests:guests that chose vegetarian = 1/4guests that chose vegetarian = 691/4 of the guest = 694/4 of the guest = 69 x 4 = 276Answer: There are 276 guests.

thank you so much for the answer

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