If you break it up:
Three-eighths = 3/8
Sixteen times a number, we'll call the unknown number X, so 16X.
Twenty Four = 24
The sum of 16X and 24 = 16X + 24
We want 3/8 of that sum so we put the sum in parenthesis and we get:
Y = 3/8(16X + 24) where Y is the answer youd get if you knew what X was.
Key info-there are nine boys for every six girls on the softball team
9/6
9(3)=27. 6(3)18
18+27=45 5 more to go
if there is 50 students on each of the teams
9(5)=45
6(8)=48
As one can see,they both cannot multiply up to 50,but they round up.
Answer:
-3/6 -2/6 -1/6 0/6 1/6 2/6
