A cargo ship encounters a storm on the high seas and is delayed by two weeks.
Once it reaches its destination, the crew discover that 7 out of the 140 crates of fruit it carried have spoilt during the delay.
The crates were being shipped for 19 different customers.
The crew decide that the remaining unspoilt crates ought to be divided equally among the customers and that whatever remains can be sold separately.
Using a calculator, find the number of crates of fruit each customer will receive
First, we need to calculate how many crates of fruit are still usable after 7 crates have spoilt.
Total crates of fruit remaining = 140 - 7 = 133
Since the crates will be divided equally among the 19 customers, we need to calculate how many crates each customer will receive:
Number of crates each customer will receive = 133 / 19 ≈ 7
Therefore, each customer will receive approximately 7 crates of fruit.