SOLUTION: if "w" is to "y" as 6 is to 5, and their total is 88, what is "w"?
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Question 814051: if "w" is to "y" as 6 is to 5, and their total is 88, what is "w"?
Answer by richwmiller(17219) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
w/y=6/5
w=6x
y=5x
w+y=88
6x+5x=88
11x=88
x=8
w=48
y=40
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