Problema Solution
Each fire hose at the La Salle Fire Station is 25 yards long. The station needs enough fire hoses to reach from any fire hydrant to the farthest house, which could be up to 230 feet away. What is the minimum number of hoses that the La Salle Fire Station should have?
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Let x represent the number of hoses and x integer.
1 yd = 3 ft
25 yd = 25*3 ft
25 yd = 75 ft
75x >= 230
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x >= 3.07
The minimum number of hoses that tha fire station should have is 4.