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 + x

How many passengers were on that flight?

136

138

144

150

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

anonymous · Answer

x= 6 + 23/24x