Jamal is creating toys to sell. He is averaging 8 toys every 5 days. If he continues at this rate, how many days will it take to fill an order of 75? Round to the nearest whole number of days.

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To find out how many days it will take Jamal to fill an order of 75 toys at his current rate of producing 8 toys every 5 days, we can follow these steps:

  1. Calculate the rate of production per day:
    Jamal produces 8 toys in 5 days, so his production rate is: \[ \text{Rate} = \frac{8 \text{ toys}}{5 \text{ days}} = 1.6 \text{ toys per day} \]

  2. Determine how many days it will take to produce 75 toys:
    Now we can use the formula: \[ \text{Time} = \frac{\text{Total Toys}}{\text{Rate}} = \frac{75 \text{ toys}}{1.6 \text{ toys per day}} \]

    Performing the calculation: \[ \text{Time} = \frac{75}{1.6} \approx 46.875 \text{ days} \]

  3. Round to the nearest whole number:
    Rounding 46.875 gives us approximately 47 days.

Therefore, it will take Jamal 47 days to fill the order of 75 toys. The answer is 47 days.