There are y runners on the cross country team Each runner ne

There are y runners on the cross country team. Each runner needs three bottles of water for a meet. A crate has 24 such bottles of water. How many crates are needed to meet the needs of the runners for this meet? State your answer as a function of y

Solution

No of runners = y

Waterbottles needed for each runner = 3

Hence water bottles needed for all runners = 3y

No of bottles each crate has = 24

Hence total no of bottles needed = 3y/24 =

y/8