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7 October, 19:49

A 21 pound turkey was cooked for a small banquet the caterer figures he would discard 5 pounds of Bones and that each person will eat 0.8 pounds of the remaining turkey how many people did will the turkey serve

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  1. 7 October, 20:09
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    First how much turkey - 21 lbs or pounds.

    21 subtract the amount of pounds discarded.-16 lbs or pounds remain.

    16 divided 0.8=

    Make the 0.8 a whole number. - 8

    8 divided by 16 = 2

    Each person will get 2 pounds of turkey.

    And how many people anyways?!
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