What you need to do is find the greatest amount (1) and the lowest amount (1/4) of sap collected and the find how many times the lowest can go into the greatest. (So how many times can 1/4 go into 1). I believe that this is how you would do that.
Answer:
x^8
Step-by-step explanation:
(x cookies) / (23 students - (12/2) students) = 2 cookies per student
[x / (23 - 6)] cookies per student = 2 cookies per student
23 students * (2 cookies per students) - 12 cookies = x cookies
The "students" unit cancels
46 cookies - 12 cookies = x cookies
x cookies = 34 cookies
Answer: If Ms. Hartt burns 300 calories in 1 hour, and runs 5 hours in a week, she burns 1,500 calories in a week.
Explanation: 300 x 5 = 1,500