Question

9. If one box of books contains 7.5% of the total shipment and each box includes 15 books, how many books are included in the total shipment! assuming every box contains the same number of books? looks

Answer 1

Answer:

210 books

Step-by-step explanation:

Hello

I think  I can help you with this

Step 1

if one box is 7.5% of the total shipment, how many box is the total shipment

1 box =7.5%

x?box=100%

using a rule of three

$\frac{1\ box}{7.5 } =\frac{x}{100}$

Now, isolating x

$\frac{1\ box*100}{7.5 } =x\\x=13.34\ boxes$

13.34 boxes is the total

Step 2

find the total  of books

we will need 14 boxes, because it does not exist 0.34  box

so, the total of books=

number of boxes*number of books included in each box

=14 boxes*15 books

=210 books

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