Four 3-megawatt wind turbines can supply enough electricity to power 3,000 homes. How many turbines would be required to power 55,000 homes?

74

Step-by-step explanation:

Lets explain how to solve the problem

- Four 3 megawatt wind turbines can supply enough electricity

to power 3000 homes

∴ The number of turbines is 4

∵ Each turbine give 3 megawatt

∴ The four turbines give ⇒ 4 × 3 = 12 megawatt

- This quantity give enough electricity to power 3000 homes

∴ The number of homes for the 12 megawatt is 3000

- We need to find how many turbines can cover enough electricity

 to power 55,000 homes, so we must to know the quantity of

 electricity that be enough to power 55,000 homes

* Lets use the cross multiplication to solve the problem

∵         megawatt    :     number of homes

                 12          :              3,000

                 ?            :            55,000

- By using cross multiplication

∴

∴ The enough electricity to power 3000 homes = 220 megawatt

∵ Each turbine gives 3 megawatt

- Find the number of turbines divides the total megawatt by the the

 megawatt of one turbine

∴ The number of turbines = 220 ÷ 3 = 73.3

- If we take 73 only the electricity will not be enough to cover all

homes, so we must to take 74 turbines

∴ The number of turbines is 74

yes, i think so although i am not sure. this is a very strange question.