Question

For every quarter spent, Reggie receives 50 food pebbles to feed the fish at a hatchery. Reggie has thrown 350 food pebbles into the fish pools. Find the number of quarters Reggie spent at the hatchery. (Please use a label with this solution) *

Answer 1

Reggie has spent

Explanation:

7 quarters

Answer 2

7 quarters

Explanation:

We know that for every quarter, Reggie would receive 50 food pebbles, we also know that he has thrown 350 food pebbles into fish pools. So let's create an equation, q is for the quarters.

50(q) = 350

Since every quarter gives Reggie 50 food pebbles, then the q variable will go next to 50, and since we need to reach the total amount of 350, we put it on the opposite side.

Solve for q by isolating it, divide 50 from both sides:

`(50q)/(50) =(350)/(50)`

`q = 7`

Therefore, Reggie used 7 quarters for 350 food pebbles.