Question

five boxes of candles contain a total of 60 candles each box holds the same number of candles suppose you have 84 candles how many boxes is that

Answer 1

60/5=12
So each box holds 12 candles.
84/12=7 boxes
The answer is 7 boxes.

Answer 2

If you have 84 candles, you have 7 boxes.

Explanation:

1. Find the number of candles each box holds if each box contain the same number of candles:

To find the number of candles in each box, you should find the quotient between the total number of candles that contain five boxes.

`candles=(60)/(5)`

`candles=12`

There are 12 candles in each box.

2. Calculate the number of boxes that you have if there are 84 candles:

To find the number of boxes with 84 candles, you should find the quotient between the number of candles and the number of candles that each box can hold.

`boxes=(84)/(12)`

`boxes=7`

Therefore if you have 84 candles, you have 7 boxes.