document.write( "Question 174250: if 300 jellybeans cost x dollars. how many jellybeanscan you purchase for 50 cents at the same rate? ans is 150/x. could you explain How to get the ans. im doing a practice test \n" ); document.write( "

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this is a direct proportion problem
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\n" ); document.write( "lets call our unknown number of jelly beans a
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\n" ); document.write( " $\"300%2Fx=a%2F.50\"$ cross multiply
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\n" ); document.write( " $\"xa=.5%28300%29\"$ divide by x
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\n" ); document.write( " $\"highlight%28a=%28150%2Fx%29%29\"$ \n" ); document.write( "

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