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 + 23/24x

How many passengers were on that flight?

136

138

144

150

Answer 1

Just correct the equation given..

Answer 2

Is it (23/24)x or 23/(24x) ?

Answer 3

its 23
--- x
24

Answer 4

144

Answer 5

thanks

Answer 6

By rearranging the terms of the equation, you get
x/24 = 6
x = 24 x 6 = 144

Answer 7

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