There are 14 cars waiting to cross the ferry. The ferry can carry 3 cars at one time. How many trips will the ferry make to get

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AURORKA [14]

4 years ago

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There are 14 cars waiting to cross the ferry. The ferry can carry 3 cars at one time. How many trips will the ferry make to get

all 14 cars across?

Mathematics

2 answers:

alisha [4.7K] · Answer 1 · 2021-12-06T10:30:36+03:00

alisha [4.7K]4 years ago

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The ferry can carry 3 cars at one time

There are 14

3 x 4 = 12 (which is not enough to carry all 14 across)
3 x 5 = 15 (which is more than enough space to carry all 14 across)

So the ferry needs to make 5 trips in all

hope this helps

valentinak56 [21] · Answer 2 · 2021-12-06T08:08:26+03:00

valentinak56 [21]4 years ago

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It would take the ferry a total of 5 trips to carry all 14 cars across