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  • 12-06-2018
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A young man earns $47 in 4 days. at this rate, what is the number of days it will take him to earn $235

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  • 12-06-2018
Set this up as a proportion, with $ on top and days on bottom.  It would look like this: [tex] \frac{47}{4}= \frac{235}{x} [/tex]. Cross multiply to get 47x = 940.  Divide both sides by 47 to get x = 20.  It would take 20 days.
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