For his job at the hardware store, michael distributes 2,345 packages of screws into 5 equal groups for shipping. how many packages of screws are in each shipping box?   a. 479   b. 469   c. 369   d. 368

For this case, the first thing we must do is define the following variables:

x: number of packages of screws

y: number of groups

The relationship between the variables is given by:

Substituting values we have:

Finally, dividing both values we have:

There are 469 packages of screws in each shipping box

B. 469