Answer:
4 tomato soup cans
Step-by-step explanation:
Step 1: State what is known
We know the store sold a total of 6 cans and 3 of which where tomato soup. With that we can create a fraction [tex]\frac{3}{6}[/tex] with number of tomato soup divided by number of soup sold. We can do the same thing with 8 cans but we don't know how many tomato sou cans are sold so we let 't' represent how many tomato soup are sold [tex]\frac{t}{8}[/tex]
Step 2: Equate the 2 fractions and solve
[tex]\frac{3}{6} =\frac{t}{8} \\6t=24\\\frac{6t}{6}=\frac{24}{6}\\t=4[/tex]
Step 3: Therefore statement
Therefore when 8 cans are sold we can expect 4 tomato soup cans will be sold
