Question

Jasmine is a receptionist. She books 36 appointments each day. Four out of 24 are cancelled. How many appointments are cancelled each day?

Answer 1

I think the answer is six because if you take 24 and divide it by 4 then its 6 then you take 36 divide it by six and you get six. I'm dumb so not 100% sure, but yea.....

Answer 2

6 appointments are cancelled each day.

Explanation:

Jasmine is a receptionist. She books 36 appointments each day.

Four out of 24 are cancelled.

Let the number of appointments cancelled each day be = x

We can relate this as:

`(4)/(24)=(x)/(36)`

Solving for x;

`24x=36*4`

=>
`24x=144`

Dividing by 24 on both sides;

x = 6

Therefore, 6 appointments are cancelled each day.