Reaner Recycling shreds 7/8 ton of aluminum each day. The machines can shred 1/24 ton aluminum per cycle. how many cycles will be needed to shred the aluminum?
( 7 /8) / (1 / 24) =
(7 / 8 ) * ( 24 / 1) =
( 7 / 1) * ( 24 / 8 ) =
7 * 3 =
21 cycles