Question

there is x number of people allowed on a ski gondola cabin. There already is 2/3 of x people the gondola and 15 more people are allowed to go on. How many people can the cabin carry?

Answer 1

As 15 more people can go on with 2/3 of x already on, to make the value of x, this can be written as an expression like so:


`(2)/(3)x + 15 = x`

You can rearrange the equation like so to get the final answer:


`15 = x - (2)/(3)x`

`15 = (1)/(3)x`

`15 * 3 = x`

`x = 45`

Hope this helps :)