Question

There are 136 people waiting for a river raft ride. Each raft holds 8 people. Silvia used the work below to find the number of rafts needed to hold 136 people. Explain how her work helps to find out how many rafts are needed.

8 % 136

-80

= 56 - 56 =0

Answer 1

17 rafts are needed for 136 people.

Explanation:

Given:

Total number of people waiting for river raft ride = ?

Number of people the raft holds = 8

To Find:

The number of rafts needed =?

Solution:

Let X be the total number rafts needed to accommodate all the 136 people waiting for the River Raft ride.

So now X will be

X=
`\frac{\text{Total number of people}}{\text{number of people a raft can hold}}`

X=
`(136)/(8)`

X = 17