Which statement is modeled by the expression?

150/k

The Henderson family drove 150 miles each day of their vacation. If their vacation lasted for k days, then 150/k is the total number of miles they traveled on their vacation.

The cafeteria has a capacity of 150 seats. If k is the number of people in the cafeteria at lunch time, then 150/k is number of seats that were not used at lunch time.

A librarian had 150 books to be placed on shelves with an equal number of books on each shelf. If k is the number of shelves to be used, then 150/k is the number of books on each shelf.

Cory had 150 dollars in his savings account. He withdrew k dollars to buy a catcher's mitt. He then had 150/k dollars left in his savings account.

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Warren Hahn

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1 September, 20:41

Which statement is modeled by the expression?

150/k

The Henderson family drove 150 miles each day of their vacation. If their vacation lasted for k days, then 150/k is the total number of miles they traveled on their vacation.

The cafeteria has a capacity of 150 seats. If k is the number of people in the cafeteria at lunch time, then 150/k is number of seats that were not used at lunch time.

A librarian had 150 books to be placed on shelves with an equal number of books on each shelf. If k is the number of shelves to be used, then 150/k is the number of books on each shelf.

Cory had 150 dollars in his savings account. He withdrew k dollars to buy a catcher's mitt. He then had 150/k dollars left in his savings account.

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Mallory · Answer 1

A librarian has 150 books to be placed on shelves with an equal number of books on each shelf. If k is the number of shelves to be used, then 150/k is the number of books on each shelf.

Example : lets say there are 10 shelves ... so k = 10

150/10 = 15 books on each shelf.