SOLUTION: This was on a test not in book. If a potato grows 3cm in 2 weeks, how much will it grow in 52 weeks?

SOLUTION: This was on a test not in book. If a potato grows 3cm in 2 weeks, how much will it grow in 52 weeks?

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Question 64886: This was on a test not in book. If a potato grows 3cm in 2 weeks, how much will it grow in 52 weeks?
Answer by checkley71(8403) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
3CM/2WEEKS=XCM/52WEEKS
2X=3*52
2X=156
X=156/2
X=78 CM IS THE GROWTH IF THE GROWTH OVER THE NEXT 50 WEEKS IS CONSTANT.

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