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Question 1204468: Hi, This solution makes no sense. Please help!
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Answer by mananth(16946) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The answer makes complete sense
If it takes x hours of shoveling to gather y pounds of coal, then how many hours of shoveling does it take to gather a ton of coal?
you get y pounds of coal from x hours shovelling
You want 1 ton which is 2000 lbs. (1 ton =2000 lbs) -----How many hours
direct variation
y -----------x
2000 ------------hours?
hours required = (2000/y) *x

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