Doug collects baseball cards and keeps them in an album.
He has filled 5/12 of the pages. He said he has filled more than 12 of the pages.
Is he correct? Explain.
no way to tell.
If the album has 29 pages or more, then true.
Otherwise, true.
Extra credit: How did I come up with 29?
To determine if Doug is correct or not, we need to compare the fraction of the pages he has filled with the total number of pages in the album.
From the information given, we know that Doug has filled 5/12 of the pages. This means he has filled 5 out of every 12 pages.
Now, let's assume that the total number of pages in the album is represented by 'x'.
To find out if Doug has filled more than 12 pages, we need to check if 5/12 of x is greater than 12. In other words, we need to solve the inequality:
(5/12)x > 12
To isolate x, we can multiply both sides of the inequality by 12/5:
x > (12/5) * 12
x > 144/5
Now, if x is an integer, we can determine Doug's statement. If x is less than or equal to 144/5, Doug's statement is correct. However, if x is greater than 144/5, Doug's statement is false.
So, to fully answer the question and determine if Doug's statement is correct or not, we need to know the total number of pages in the album.