26 A farmer is packing grapefruit into boxes. • He packs the same number of grapefruit into each box.
• He has packed a total of 264 grapefruit into 22 boxes.
• He still has 180 grapefruit that must be packed.
How many more boxes must the farmer pack?
A 12
B 15
C 18
D 21
PLZZZ ANSWERRRRRR!!!!!

Respuesta :

The answer is B. 15. If you do a proportional relationship you can figure it out. At least that's what I did.

264    180
___    ___     if you do 180*22 you get 3,960. Then you divide 3,960 by 264 and
 22       X       you get 15.