Question

At the dress shop, Sherry is building buttons into packages. She has reached the 867 th button and is packing the 34 th package when she is asked to take her lunch break . She needs to note the number of buttons that are in the package so when she returned she will continue she will continue . How many buttons does package 34 contain? dont send in file explain plz​

Answer 1

9 buttons in package 34

Explanation:

There are 26 buttons in each box.

26 * 33 = 858 for the first 33 full boxes

867 - 858 = 9 buttons in the 34th box

B = buttons per box

33*B<867 --> B < 26.27

34*B>867 --> B > 25.5

So 25.5 < B < 26.27, therefore B = 26 buttons per box