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Each train car holds 71 passengers. About how many train cars

would be needed to carry 567 people?

User Aaisataev
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567/71 because passengers/(train cars/passengers) = train cars

71 x 7 = 497 (not enough)

71 x 8 = 568 (enough)

Answer: 8 train cars

User Kaushik Thanki
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