Question

A ferryboat makes four trips to an island each day.the ferry can hold up to 88 people. if the ferry is full on each trip how many passengers are carried by the ferry each day.

Answer 1

Your answer is 352 passengers.

The reasoning comes from multiplying 88 by 4 since the ferry is completely full of 88 passengers and makes 4 trips each day. So, in one day the ferry will have carried 88(4) passengers. Which would be 352.

Answer 2

352

Explanation:

we are told that ferry make 4 trips to the island. And in each trip , the ferry is fully occupied with 88 passengers. However we must understand that , ferry also takes the passengers while returning back to the shore from island Hence it actually make 4 trips , to and from. And each trip consist of 88 passengers , Hence total number of passengers carried by the ferry is

`88*4\\352`

Hence our answer is 352