Maria bought 16 books. Maria bought 8 times as many books as Dale. Let b be the number of books that Dale bought. Write an equation that relates the number books they bought. Use b,8,16.

Mathematics · High School · Sun Jan 24 2021

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Given the statement:

Maria bought 16 books. Maria bought 8 times as many books as Dale

Determine the equation.

Representation:

Let b= number of books that Dale bought.

Since it is stated that Maria bought 8 times as many as Dale then we can write it as,

8b = 16

Now we can find the number of books that Dale bought by solving for b.

8b =16

Divide both sides by 8 in order to cancel 8b.

8b/8= 16/8

b = 2

Final answer:

Equation:  

8b = 16

Number of books that Dale bought: 2