Cooks are needed to prepare for a large party. Each cook can bake either 5 large cakes or 14 small cakes per hour. The kitchen is available for 2 hours and 24 large cakes and 130 small cakes can be cake. How many cooks are required to bake the required number of cakes during the time the kitchen is available

8

Step-by-step explanation:

In 2 hours

1 cook makes 10 large cakes

24/10 = 2.4

You need 3 cooks to make the large cakes.

In 2 hours

1 cook makes 28 small cakes

130/28 = 4.64

You need 5 cooks to make the small cakes.

3 + 5 = 8

8

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.