A packing crate can hold 205 avocados. There were 7000 avocados picked at a large grove. The owner has 36 packing crates. Does h

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liraira [26]

3 years ago

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A packing crate can hold 205 avocados. There were 7000 avocados picked at a large grove. The owner has 36 packing crates. Does h

e have enough crates to ship out the avocados? Explain.

Mathematics

2 answers:

larisa [96] · Answer 1 · 2022-04-20T19:27:33+03:00

larisa [96]3 years ago

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First, you would have to divide 7000 by 205. This gives you 34 & a remainder. The owner can't pack parts of a crate so yes he does because he only has 34 full crates to ship. Leaving him with 2 extra crates left.

creativ13 [48] · Answer 2 · 2022-04-20T21:43:45+03:00

Answer:

Yes, he has enough crates to ship out the avocado.

Step-by-step explanation:

A packing crate can hold 205 avocados. There were 7000 avocados picked at a large grove.

The owner has 36 packing crates.

Thus, he can pack a total of = $205\times36=7380$ avocados.

And he has 7000 avocados, so yes, he has enough crates to ship out the avocados.