Question

Find the correct proportion to solve this problem:During a recent Saturday-Only sale at Giantdepartment store, there were 7 salesclerks in everydepartment. How many departments were there ifthe store had 294 salesclerks working?

Answer 1

Let's begin by listing out the information given to us:

`\begin{gathered} 1\text{ department = 7 }salesclerks \\ x,\text{department = }294\text{ }salesclerks \\ \Rightarrow1=7 \\ x=294 \\ \text{Cross Multiply, we have:} \\ 7x=294 \\ x=42departments \end{gathered}`