Question

Aaron wants to make a path to guide guest through the conservation area.He uses rolls of rope to make the path.He uses 3/4 of a roll of rope for 1/8. He has 4 rolls.How many more rolls does Aaron need to complete the path

Answer 1

Answer:

Aaron needs 2 more rolls to complete the path.

Step-by-step explanation:

Given:

Total rolls Aaron has = 4

Part of path covered by using $\frac{3}{4}$ of a roll = $\frac{1}{8}$

So, in order to find the number of rolls required to cover the complete path is given using the unitary method.

Rolls used for $\frac{1}{8}$ of a path = $\frac{3}{4}$

Therefore, rolls used to cover the whole path is given by dividing the rolls used for one-eighth of the path and the path covered. This gives,

$=\frac{3}{4}\div \frac{1}{8}$

$=\frac{3}{4}\times \frac{8}{1}$

$=\frac{3\times 8}{4\times 1}$

$=\frac{24}{4}$

$=6\ rolls$

Now, rolls required to complete the path is 6. But Aaron has only 4 rolls.

So, he will need 6 - 4 = 2 rolls more to complete the path.