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16, 3.125

Step-by-step explanation:

Okay so lets first look at all the information given to us.

The ratio of water to oats is 16:5

Lin decides to cook 5 cups of oats, and the questions asks how many cups of water should she boil.

So according to the ratio, 5 cups of oats will need 16 cups of water.

The second part asks for the amount of oats needed for 10 cups of water.

so water is 16/5 times the amounts of water. Or basically for x amount of oats, there will be 16/5 amount of water. so we can do 10 = 16x/5

x = 50/16 = 25/8 or 3.125

question: how many people can she serve?

answer: she can serve 16.66666667 people. so she can only give 16 people a complete serving.

question: does she have enough ice cream for her guests?

answer: no. explanation: she only has enough for 16 people to have a full serving. however, she can give a 17th person a partial serving.

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