Laquan will give each guest at his party ¹⁄₂ of a cake. How many cakes should he order if 17 people are attending his party?

9 cakes

Step-by-step explanation:

If each of the 17 people will eat 1/2 of a cake, you would 17*1/2 cakes. This is 17/2, or 8.5. You cannot usually order 8.5 cakes, so you would round up. 9 cakes.

d is the correct answer

step-by-step explanation:

x= 8 because 3x = 3 * 8, and 3*8 = 24

option a is correct.

step-by-step explanation:

scale factor: it is used to find proportional measurements.

proportions means having the same ratio.

scale factor is the ratio of the model measurement to the actual measurement in a simplest form.

or we can say that the ratio of any two corresponding lengths in two similar geometric figures

if the scale factor is more than 1, then it is an enlargement,

if the scale factor less than 1, then it is a reduction.

given the two geometric figure:

by definition of proportions, we have