SOLUTION: The number of "obtuse" varied directly as the number of "acute". If 2,400 were obtuse when 960 were acute, how many were acute when only 10 were obtuse?

Question 1041115: The number of "obtuse" varied directly as the number of "acute". If 2,400 were obtuse when 960 were acute, how many were acute when only 10 were obtuse?
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The number of "obtuse" varied directly as the number of "acute".
If 2,400 were obtuse when 960 were acute, how many were acute when only 10 were obtuse?
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The proportion is   = ,


where  "x" is = "how many were acute when only 10 were obtuse? ".

Solve for x:  x =  = 4.

Answer.  4.

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