An airline had a policy of maintaining a certain ratio of the number of members of cabin crew to the number of passengers, on every flight. A certain flight had a six member cabin crew on board. The following equation represents this information, where x is the maximum number of people, including the crew, on that flight.

x = 6 + 23/24 x

How many passengers were on that flight?
Answer
136
150
144
138

Question

An airline had a policy of maintaining a certain ratio of the number of members of cabin crew to the number of passengers, on every flight. A certain flight had a six member cabin crew on board. The following equation represents this information, where x is the maximum number of people, including the crew, on that flight.

x = 6 + 23/24 x

How many passengers were on that flight?
Answer
		136
		150
		144
		138

anonymous · Answer

Like any other equation, the first step is to get all the variable terms on one side and the constants on the other.

anonymous · Answer

so its.... 150?

anonymous · Answer

Subtract 23/24x from both sides.
             x = 6 + (23/24)x
-(23/24)x       - (23/24)x
(1/24)x = 6

Multiply both sides by 24

x=6(24) = 144