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At Wild West amusement park, Bruce's favorite ride is the Blazing Bullet roller coaster. There are 6 cars on the Blazing Bullet, and each car can hold the same number of people. A total of 60 people can ride on the Blazing Bullet at one time. Which equation can you use to find the number of people n each car can hold?

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At Wild West amusement park, Bruce's favorite ride is the Blazing Bullet roller coaster. There are 6 cars on the Blazing Bullet, and each car can hold the same number of people. A total of 60 people can ride on the Blazing Bullet at one time. Which equation can you use to find the number of people n each car can hold?​

we have that

Divide the total people by the number of cars to obtain the the number of people n that each car can hold

so

n=60/6

n=10 people per car

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