SOLUTION: For a certain time period the ratio of the dollar value of exports to the dollar value of imports for the United States was 2 to 3. If the value of exports during that time perio

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Question 222267: For a certain time period the ratio of the dollar value of
exports to the dollar value of imports for the United States
was 2 to 3. If the value of exports during that time period
was 48 billion dollars, then what was the value of imports?
Answer by rfer(10432) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
2/48:3/x
2x=144
x=$72b