Question

Steve wants to take all of his 145 employees on a fishing trip. If each fishing boat holds 13 people, how many boats does Steve need to rent?

Answer 1

12 Boats

Explanation:

Since it given that;

• Steve wants to take all of his 145 employees on a fishing trip.
• Each fishing boat holds 13 people

All we have to do is divide the total number of people by how much a fishing boats can hold.

Which is;

145/13

= 11.1538461538

So, we need 12 boats due to 145/13 = 11.15... because you can't cut a person in half. Thus, we need an extra boat to hold the extras.

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Answer 2

Approximately 11 boats.

Explanation:

To get this answer, we simply need to divide 145, which is the number of his employees, but 13, the amount of people each boat holds. You get the answer 11.1538462.