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24 October, 18:03

Big-Box brand computers have 1/4 of the gigabytes of RAM that Zap brand computers have. A Big-Box computer has 20 gigabytes of RAM. Maria and Jade each write an equation to find how many gigabytes of RAM a Zap computer has. Is one, both, or neither girl correct? Solve each correct equation.

Maria: 20 = 1/4z Jade: 20 = z/4

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  1. 24 October, 18:17
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    Let's give big box Ram a temporary variable b.

    b is 1/4 of z

    So we could say b = 1/4z

    You can also multiply z by 1/4 so b=z/4

    We know that b=20 so the answer is

    20=z/4 or 20 = 1/4 z. both girls are right
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