A manufacturing company uses crates to transport boxes of supplies. Two crates can hold 250 boxes. If the company needs to ship 875 boxes, how many crates will they need?

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asked Jan 27, 2017 195k views

2 Answers

Deepak Singh · Answer 1 · 2017-01-31T16:49:23+0000

Answer:

7 crates

Explanation:

Let

x ----> the number of crates needed

we know that

Two crates can hold 250 boxes

so

using proportion

Find out how many crates they'll need for 875 boxes

$(2)/(250)(crates)/(boxes) =(x)/(875)(crates)/(boxes)\\\\x=2(875)/250\\\\x=7\ crates$