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Since it is Maurice's turn to host this year’s neighborhood cookout, he goes to the local wholesale club to buy ground beef. The wholesale club sells ground beef in 5-pound packages. Maurice wants to make one 2-pound burger for each person that attends, so he purchases 4 packages of ground beef. How many people can Maurice invite to the cookout so that everybody, including himself, gets a burger?
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How many pounds of ground beef does Maurice buy? ** Maurice buys 4 * 5 = <<4*5=20>>20 pounds of ground beef.
How many burgers can Maurice make? ** If 2 pounds of ground beef make a burger, then he can make 20/2 = 10 burgers.
How many people can Maurice invite? ** Given that Maurice will have 1 burger, he can invite 10-1 = <<10-1=9>>9 people
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