SOLUTION: An airplane is carrying 105 passengers, which is 5/6 of the capacity of the airplane. What is the capacity of the airplane?

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Question 964164: An airplane is carrying
105 passengers, which is
5/6 of the capacity of the airplane. What is the capacity of the airplane?

Found 2 solutions by MathLover1, macston:
Answer by MathLover1(20850)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

if an airplane is carrying passengers,and if it is
of the capacity , then we have






the capacity of the airplane is passengers

Answer by macston(5194)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
C=capacity
Multiply each side by 6/5



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