Question

Bob brought 3 autographed baseballs for show and tell. They are 1/6 of his whole collection. How many autographed baseballs are in Bob's whole collection?

Answer 1

Bob brought 3 autographed baseball for show and tell.Now, that 3 autographed is said to be 1/6 of his whole collection.Let's find out how many autographed did Bob have in total.=> 3 autographed = 1/6 of his collections.To be able to have a value of 1 whole collections we need 6 1/6s=> 1/6 + 1/6 + 1/6 + 1/6 + 1/6 + 1/6 = 6/6 or 1Thus, the value of his current autographed in hand will be multiplied with 6=> 3 * 6 = 18Therefore, he have a total of 18 autographed.