Question

Lou had r rocks in his collection. He separated his rocks into 3 equal piles. He now has 12 rocks in each pile. Which equation represents this situation?

Answer 1

`r`
`/` 3 = 12

Explanation:

Given:

Lou had r rocks in his collection.

He separated his rocks into 3 equal piles.

He now has 12 rocks in each pile.

Question asked:

Which equation represents this situation?

Solution:

Total number of rocks =
`r`

He separated in number of piles = 3

Each pile contains = 12 rocks

The equation will be :-

`r`
`/` 3 = 12

Therefore, equation which represents this situation is
`r`
`/` 3 = 12