Pretty sure the answer is 8
Answer:
2
Step-by-step explanation:
We can write a proportion to determine
42 people 6 people
---------------- = ----------------
14 boats x boats
Using cross products
42x = 6*14
42x =84
Divide each side by 42
42x/42 = 84/42
x = 2
They will need 2 boats
First one because when you subtract 7 u keep the var. x alone and isolate it.
The coefficient of x is 3.
because this is what x is being multiplied by
