Write an equation that gives the number of carts C, needed to accommodate T, shoppers.

Question

Some people visit a supermarket to pick up only one or two items, and they don’t use a shopping cart. Suppose, on average, five of every seven shoppers use a shopping cart. If the supermarket has 56 shoppers, about how many carts would you expect to be in use? Write an equation that gives the number of carts C, needed to accommodate T, shoppers.

can someone please help me I’m confused on how to write the equation

Answer 1

In this problem, you are multiplying the average, 5/7, by the number of shoppers to obtain the number of carts. Therefore, the equation is as follows:

C = (5/7) * T

For 56 shoppers, we substitute this into the equation:

C = (5/7) * 56 = 40.

They would need 40 carts.