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The container of orange juice held 5 1/3 cups of juice. If a serving of orange juice is 7/8 of a cup of orange juice, to the nearest whole serving, how many servings were in the container?

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sqdancefan
(5 1/3) ÷ (7/8) = (16/3)×(8/7) = 128/21 = 6 2/21

To the nearest whole serving, there were 6 servings in the container.
JeanaShupp

Answer: 6

Step-by-step explanation:

Given : The number of cups of orange juice in container= [tex]5\dfrac{1}{3}[/tex]

=[tex]\dfrac{16}{3}[/tex]

A serving of orange juice = [tex]\dfrac{7}{8}\text{ cup}[/tex]

Now, the number of serving by the given container will be :-

[tex]\dfrac{16}{3}\div\dfrac{7}{8}\\\\=\dfrac{16}{3}\times\dfrac{8}{7}\\\\=6.09523809524\approx6[/tex]

Hence, the number of serving by the given container = 6

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