Marcia has 412 bouquets of flowers for centerpieces. She uses 8 flowers for each centerpiece. How many centerpieces can she make?
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Explanation:
If Marcia has
#412color(white)(i)"flowers"-:(8color(white)(i)"flowers")/"centerpiece"#
Take the reciprocal of the second fraction and change the division sign to a multiplication sign.
#=412color(white)(i)"flowers"xx("centerpiece")/(8color(white)(i)"flowers")#
The units, "flowers," cancel each other out as they appear in the numerator and denominator as a pair.
#=412color(white)(i)color(red)cancelcolor(black)("flowers")xx("centerpiece")/(8color(white)(i)color(red)cancelcolor(black)("flowers"))#
#=412xx("centerpiece")/8#
Solve.
#=51.5color(white)(i)"centerpiece"#
However, Marcia cannot have