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A ferris wheel holds 48 people. there are 823 people with tickets to ride the ferris wheel. how many times will the ferris wheel need to be run to give everyone a ride?

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17.14 times would be exact but round up to 18
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Answer:

18 times.

Explanation:

The ferris wheel will have to take 48 people repeatedly until all have gone with the last group of people being 48 or less.

Given that there are 823 people with tickets to ride the ferris wheel

Number of time to run the wheel = 823/48

= 17 5/48

It means that the ferris wheel will take 48 people 17 times and 5 people once. Hence it will be run 18 times to give everyone a ride.

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