shop a has 8 times as many electricians as shop b, and shop c has 3 times as many as shop b. Shop a has how many times as many electricians as shop c?
Let's say Shop B has x electricians.
Shop A has 8 times as many electricians as Shop B, so it has 8x electricians.
Shop C has 3 times as many electricians as Shop B, so it has 3x electricians.
Therefore, Shop A has (8x)/(3x) = 8/3 times as many electricians as Shop C. Answer: \boxed{\frac{8}{3}}.
Let's assign a variable to represent the number of electricians in shop B. Let's call it "x".
According to the information given, shop A has 8 times as many electricians as shop B. So the number of electricians in shop A would be 8x.
Shop C has 3 times as many electricians as shop B. Therefore, the number of electricians in shop C would be 3x.
To find out how many times as many electricians shop A has compared to shop C, we divide the number of electricians in shop A (8x) by the number of electricians in shop C (3x).
Therefore, shop A has (8x / 3x) = 8/3 times as many electricians as shop C.
To find out how many times Shop A has as many electricians as Shop C, we need to compare the ratios of the number of electricians in each shop.
Let's first assign a variable to represent the number of electricians in Shop B. Let's say Shop B has x electricians.
Given that Shop A has 8 times as many electricians as Shop B, we can express the number of electricians in Shop A as 8x.
Similarly, as Shop C has 3 times as many electricians as Shop B, the number of electricians in Shop C can be expressed as 3x.
To determine how many times Shop A has as many electricians as Shop C, we need to calculate the ratio of the number of electricians in Shop A to Shop C, which is (8x)/(3x).
Simplifying this ratio, we get:
(8x)/(3x) = (8/3)
Therefore, Shop A has 8/3 times as many electricians as Shop C.