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Use ratio and proportion to solve the following business situation.

 

A local FedEx Office store has a press that can print 5,800 brochures per hour. How many can be printed during a 3 1/4-hour run?

 

Do not enter units in your answer.

 

 brochures

 Oct 28, 2014

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Note...3 + 1/4 = 3.25      so we have

5800/1hr = x /3.25hrs     cross multiply

3.25 * 5800  = 1x

18850  = x         and that's how many they can print in 3.25 hrs

 

 Oct 28, 2014
 #1
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Best Answer

Note...3 + 1/4 = 3.25      so we have

5800/1hr = x /3.25hrs     cross multiply

3.25 * 5800  = 1x

18850  = x         and that's how many they can print in 3.25 hrs

 

CPhill Oct 28, 2014

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