You can make the 8 1/3 a fraction by making the whole number 8 into a fraction by putting 8 as the numerator and 1 as the denomenator and then multiply 8/1 by 1/3 to get 8/3. You can then simplify this even further by making this improper fraction into an mixed fraction. 3 goes into 8, 2 times with a remainder of 2. You then write the remainder as 2 over 3 to make the fraction 2/3. This then comes out to be 2 2/3.
From the question the, we are informed that members of a lacrosse team raised $1352.50 to go to a tournament and that they rented a bus for $802.50 and budgeted $25 per player for meals.
The equation which can be used to determine p, the number of players the team can bring to the tournament would be calculated as:
