A family is preparing backpacks filled with school supplies to donate to children in need. They have 14 pencils and 8 notebooks.
If they want to make all the backpacks the same, with no school supplies left over, what is the greatest number of backpacks they can fill? I need the help ASAP please
Use proportions here - 8/5.2 = 96/width of actual car. using cross multiplication, 5.2*96 = 8x. this gives you 499.2 = 8x. divide both sides by eight to get x=62.4. the width of the actual car is 62.4 inches.