a restaurant has 32 customers. if this is 4/6 of capacity, what is the total capacity of the restaurant

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I need to know how to set up and solve this equation

7/21/2014 | Megan from Tarzana, CA | 2 Answers | 0 Votes

Answer 1

Hi Megan,

This problem is easier if you are able to translate the word problem into mathematical equivalents.

for example, "of" in math means multiplication

...there are other examples I can share with you

for this problem 32 is 4/6 of capacity.

"is" means =

"of" means multiplication.

so it might be helpful to set up the problem like this :

32 = 4/6(T) where I picked T to mean the capacity or total.

does this help? Are you able to solve for T?

Answer 2

It often helps to draw a model of the picture:

I hope this helps.

7/21/2014 | Jim B.