Question

Tristan has a pickup truck that could carry 7/ 6 ​-cord of firewood. Find the number of trips needed to carry 14 cords of wood.

Answer 1

14 / (7/6) =
14 * 6/7 =
84/7 =
12 trips <==

Answer 2

12 trips will be needed to carry 14 cords of the wood.

Explanation:

We will use unitary method to solve this problem.

∵ Pick up truck carry
`(7)/(6)` cord of firewood in trip = 1

∴ Pick up truck will carry 1 cord of firewood in the trips =
`(1)/((7)/(6))` tips

=
`(6)/(7)` trips

∴ Truck will carry 14 cords of firewood in the trips =
`(14* 6)/(7)`

= 12 trips.

Therefore, 12 trips will be needed to carry 14 cords of the wood.