A company has to make a large number of boxes.
The company has 8 machines.
All the machines work at the same rate.
When all the machines are working, they can make all the boxes in 9 days.
The table gives the number of machines working each day.
day 1
day 2
day 3
all other days
Number of machines working
4
5
7
8
Work out the total number of days taken to make all the boxes.
Your final line must say, It takes ... days to make all the boxes