A chemistry teacher has a 560-cm length of magnesium ribbon. For a class experiment, each student requires an 8.5-cm length of the ribbon. How many students may receive the required length?

15 students

65 students

48 students

66 students

Respuesta :

N=560/8.5=65.88

65 students

Answer:

The correct answer is 65 students.

Explanation:

Step 1: First we must identify the components of the problem to build our equation.

N: number of students

L: Quantity of magnesium tape available

S: Length of tape required by each student

Our equation for determining the number of students who can obtain correct measurements of magnesium tape is:

N=[tex]\frac{L}{S}[/tex]

Step 2: As S=8,5 cm and L=560 cm

Calculation N:

N=[tex]\frac{560cm}{8,5cm}[/tex]

N=65,88

In rounding we are left with N=65, so we say that for 560 cm of magnesium tape, only 65 students will be able to obtain a correct measure to work with.

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