Question

How to do the equation: The number 'a' is about 8 times greater than 'b'. Find the correct value of 'a' and 'b'.

a) 'a' = 8, 'b' = 1
b) 'a' = 1, 'b' = 8
c) 'a' = 4, 'b' = 0.5
d) 'a' = 0.5, 'b' = 4

Answer 1

The correct value of 'a' is 1 and the correct value of 'b' is 8.

Step-by-step explanation:

To find the correct values of 'a' and 'b' in the equation where 'a' is about 8 times greater than 'b', we need to determine what value of 'b' multiplied by 8 equals 'a'.

Let's set 'b' as 1 and check if 'a' equals 8. In this case, 'a' is not equal to 8.

Next, let's set 'b' as 8 and check if 'a' equals 64. In this case, 'a' is greater than 8, so it's not correct either.

Therefore, the correct values for 'a' and 'b' would be 'a' = 1 and 'b' = 8. Therefore, option b) is the correct answer.