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9. Chet is camping with 75 people from his after-school club. A tent

can hold up to 8 people. How many tents are needed? Explain

your thinking

User Arland
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Answer:
10\ tents

Explanation:

Let be "x" the number of tents needed for 75 people.

According to the information provided in the exercise, a tent can hold up to 8 people.

Then, knowing that Chet is camping with 75 people from his after-school club, you can set up the following proportion:


(1)/(8)=(x)/(75)

Finally, you must solve for "x" in order to find its value.

Then you get:


(75)((1)/(8))=x\\\\(1*75)/(8)=x\\\\x=9.37

You need to round this result. Since 9 tents won't be enough (because
9*8=72):


x\approx10

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