Question

Each person on hike will drink 7/8 gallon of water. If there are 5 on hike how many gallons of water will be needed?

Answer 1

Step 1:

`Drink\text{ per person on hike = }(7)/(8)\text{ gallon}`

Step 2:

`Total\text{ number of people on hike = 5}`

Step 3:

`\begin{gathered} Number\text{ of gallons needed by the 5 people } \\ \text{= 5 }*\text{ }(7)/(8) \\ =\text{ }(35)/(8)\text{ gallons} \end{gathered}`