a group of students and teachers are going on a field trip. one ninth of the group will fit on 1/3 o

a group of students and teachers are going on a field trip. one ninth of the group will fit on 1/3 of a school bus how many buses are needed to transport the entire group

1/9g = 1/3b

We want to find g, so we multiply each side through by 9
g = 9/3b

Simplify:
g = 3b, so we need 3 buses