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68 boxes of certain commodity require a shelf-length of 13.6 m. How many boxes of the same commodity would occupy a shelf length of 20.4m ? |
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Answer» Let the number of boxes be x
\(\frac{13.6}{68}\) = \(\frac{20.4}{x}\) On cross multiplication, we get 13.6x = 20.4 x 68 x = \(\frac{20.4\times 68}{13.6}\) = 102 Therefore number of boxes is 102 |
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