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1. On a boat trip, there are 8 children and 1 adult per boat. If a total of 108 people went on this boat trip, how many were children?

User Joel Min
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Answer:

How about we make another 8 more children

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User Splaytreez
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Answer:

96 were children

Explanation:

108/9=12

12 boats

12*1= 12 adults

12*8= 96 children

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