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Prompt
The boat tour company usually runs two boats with a maximum capacity of 600 passengers per boat. New safety restrictions restrict the number of passengers per boat to 40% of their maximum capacity. If the company wishes to continue carrying 1 200 passengers at a time, how many boats will they need to have operating simultaneously?
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Consolidation Prompt:
Assume the problem had given you the number of boats (5) rather than the number of passengers per boat (240).
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The Maid of The Mist Company can carry 1 200 passengers on 5 boats at maximum capacity. What is the maximum number of passengers per boat?
How would your strategy have changed?
Model this situation and compare to how you solved the original problem.