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28 June, 14:53

Madeline has used 50 sheets of a roll of paper towels, which is 5/8 of the entire roll. The equation 5/8s = 50 can be used to find the number of sheets s in a full roll. Determine whether s = 32 or s = 80 is a solution of the equation, and tell what the solution means.

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  1. 28 June, 16:33
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    5/8s=50

    5s=50*8

    5s=400

    s=400:5

    s=80

    So the answer is s=80

    And this means that there are 80 sheets total in 1 roll of paper towels.
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