Answer to Question #93539 in Algebra for Kaiya Kimoto

Question

You have a box that is a good size for your tape collection. Two rolls of tape’s will fit in the box. The box is 10 inches wide. Each tape is 5/8 inches wide. How many tables will fit in the box?

Answer 1

Each roll contains no more than$\frac{10}{\frac{5}{8}}=\frac{10\cdot 8}{5}=16$ tapes. Since 16 is integer, we have that each roll contains 16 tapes.

So 2 rolls contain $16\cdot 2=32$ tapes.