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There are 136 people waiting for a river raft ride each raft holds 8 people silvia find the number of rafts needed

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17 rafts.

136 people divided by 8 people per raft = 17 rafts
User Guilherme Lemmi
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17 numbers of rafts are required.

Explanation:

There are 136 people waiting for a river raft ride each raft holds 8 people.

Number of people = 136

Capacity of raft = 8 people

We need to find number of rafts required.

We have

Number of people = Number of rafts required x Capacity of raft

136 = Number of rafts required x 8

Number of rafts required = 17

17 numbers of rafts are required.

User Jacquelene
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