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9. Chet is camping with 75 people from his after-school club. A tent

can hold up to 8 people. How many tents are needed? Explain

your thinking

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luisejr77

Answer: [tex]10\ tents[/tex]

Step-by-step explanation:

Let be "x" the number of tents needed for 75 people.

According to the information provided in the exercise, a tent can hold up to 8 people.

Then, knowing that Chet is camping with 75 people from his after-school club, you can set up the following proportion:

[tex]\frac{1}{8}=\frac{x}{75}[/tex]

Finally, you must solve for "x" in order to find its value.

Then you get:

[tex](75)(\frac{1}{8})=x\\\\\frac{1*75}{8}=x\\\\x=9.37[/tex]

You need to round this result. Since 9 tents won't be enough (because [tex]9*8=72[/tex]):

[tex]x\approx10[/tex]

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