Question

Pablo used 5/12 of his money to buy some caps and 3/7 of the remainder to buy 3 jackets. A jacket costs 5 times as much as a cap. How many caps did he buy?

a) 24
b) 30
c) 36
d) 42

Answer 1

Pablo bought 35 caps.

Step-by-step explanation:

To find the number of caps that Pablo bought, we need to calculate the amount of money he spent on caps.

Now, let's calculate the number of caps Pablo bought. If 3 jackets cost the same as 15 caps, then 1 jacket costs the same as 5 caps.

Since Pablo used 3/7 of the remainder money to buy jackets, this means that he used 3/7 of the remainder money to buy 5 caps.

To find the number of caps, we can set up the following proportion:

(3/7) / (5/x) = 1.

Solving this proportion, we get x = 35.

Therefore, Pablo bought 35 caps.