Question

In 5 months, firefighters responded to 80wildfires. At this rate, how many wildhres will the frefighters respond to in 8 months?

Answer 1

Given that, in 5 months, firefighters responded to 80 wildfires:

• You can determine the rate of wildfires per month firefighters respond to by dividing 80 wildfires by 5 months:

`\frac{80\text{ }wildfires}{5\text{ }months}=16\text{ }(wildfires)/(month)`

You can determine that each rectangle of the diagram provided in the exercise represents the rate obtained above.

• Assuming that the rate is the same in 8 months, you can multiply the rate obtained before by 8 months, in order to determine the number of wildfires the firefighters will respond to in 8 months:

`(16\text{ }(wildfires)/(month))(8\text{ }months)=128\text{ }wildfires`

Hence, the answer is: