Margaret bought equal numbers of hamburgers and rolls for a large picnic. The hamburgers came in packages of 8, and the rolls came in packages of 16. She bought 18 packages of rolls. How many packages of hamburgers did she buy?

answer: median

step-by-step explanation:

the median is the middle value when a data set is ordered from least to greatest

x = 2

step-by-step explanation:

if sr parallel to ba then the sides bc and ac are in proportion, that is

= ← substitute values

= ( cross- multiply )

27x = 6(4x + 1)

27x = 24x + 6 ( subtract 24x from both sides )

3x = 6 ( divide both sides by 3 )

x = 2