Homework Help: math

Posted by Mia on Saturday, March 17, 2012 at 1:12am.

A car manufacturer has 96 cars to paint. Each batch of paint can paint 12 cars. Which equation can be used to find b, how many batches of paint the manufacturer needs to paint all the cars?
f) b/12 = 96
g) b/96 = 12
h) 12/b = 96
i) 96/b = 12

math - Anonymous, Saturday, March 17, 2012 at 2:25am
Number baths of paint:

b = 96 / 12

b = 96 / 12 Multiply boths sides by 12

12 b = 96 Divide both sides by b

12 = 96 / b

i ) 96 / b = 12
math - Mia, Saturday, March 17, 2012 at 3:21am
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