SOLUTION: An island has no currency: instead has the following exchange rate 50 bananas = 20 coconuts 20 coconuts = 12 fish 12 fish = 1 hammock How many bananas equal one hammock?

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Question 868390: An island has no currency: instead has the following exchange rate
50 bananas = 20 coconuts
20 coconuts = 12 fish
12 fish = 1 hammock
How many bananas equal one hammock?

Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
50 bananas = 20 coconuts ... Given


50 bananas = 12 fish ... Use Substitution/replacement (since 20 coconuts = 12 fish)


50 bananas = 1 hammock ... Use Substitution/replacement (since 12 fish = 1 hammock)


Final Answer: 50 bananas = 1 hammock

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