Question

Consider the following information regarding three roller coasters at an amusement park. If the Screamer trains leave every 2 minutes, calculate the riders per train.

Answer 1

To answer this question, we need to use the rule of three. We know that every hour (60 minutes) the screamer has 780 riders, then we have:

$\begin{gathered} 780\text{ riders}\rightarrow60\text{ minutes} \\ x\text{ riders}\rightarrow2\text{ minutes } \end{gathered}$

Applying the rule of three:

$x=\frac{2*780}{60}=26$

Therefore, each train has 26 riders.