The store is having a promotion. for every 8 glasses you buy, you get 3 free plates. malcolm got 9 free plates. how many glasses did he buy?

He got 24 glasses bc 3 plates is 8 glasses so 9 will be 24

This is a ratio 8 glasses per 3 plates.

8:3

We multiply 3 plates by 3 to get 9 so multiply 8 by 3 to get 24.

24 glasses

The question is kind of confusing. if it's asking how many variations of answers can you give. then do 4^5 for your answer.this would be something like the first question could be a and the 2nd c or first b next c etc. if you can, ask the teacher for a better confirmation of what it's asking. if i'm assuming correctly what it's asking, it's 625 different variations.