A bin of bolts at the hardware store contains 7-dozen bolts when full. The stock clerk is supposed to reorder bolts when the bin is 1/6 full. How many bolts are in the bin when it’s time to reorder?
14 bolts.
1 bolt.
84 bolts.
12 bolts.
Detailed Explanation
First find how many bolts a full bin contains: 7 × 12 = 84 bolts. Then multiply the total number of bolts in a full bin by 1/6 to find how many bolts are in the bin when it’s 1/6 full: \(\frac{\mathrm{84} }{\mathrm{1}}\) × \(\frac{\mathrm{1} }{\mathrm{6}}\) = \(\frac{\mathrm{84} }{\mathrm{6}}\) = 14 bolts.
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