Question

A package of dental floss has 175 m of floss. Dr.Pierre bought 150 packages to give to his patients. How many metres of dental floss is that

Answer 1

The total length of the dental floss in 150 packages will be 26250 meters.

Step-by-step explanation

A package of dental floss has 175 m of floss.

Suppose, the number of meters of dental floss in 150 packages is
`x`

So, the equation according to the ratio of "number of packages" to "dental floss" will be.....

`(1)/(175)=(150)/(x)\\ \\ x= 175*150=26250`

So, the total length of the dental floss in 150 packages will be 26250 meters.