document.write( "Question 175241: *If 7,182 roses were killed in last nights frost, and this was 2\"5%2F8\" as many as the night before, how many roses were killed the night before?*\r
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7182 were killed in last night's frost.
\n" ); document.write( "this was 2 and 5/8 as many as the night before.
\n" ); document.write( "how many roses were killed the night before.
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\n" ); document.write( "let x = number of roses killed the night before.
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\n" ); document.write( "7182 = 2 and 5/8 times x.
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\n" ); document.write( "since 2 = 16/8, this is the same as:
\n" ); document.write( "7182 = 21/8 * x
\n" ); document.write( "multiply both sides of this equation by 8 to get:
\n" ); document.write( "7182 * 8 = 21 * x
\n" ); document.write( "divide both sides of this equation by 21 to get:
\n" ); document.write( "x = 7182 * 8 / 21
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\n" ); document.write( "this makes x = 2736 which means 2736 were killed the night before.
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\n" ); document.write( "go back to your original problem statement.
\n" ); document.write( "7182 roses were killed last night.
\n" ); document.write( "this is 2 and 5/8 times the number killed the night before.
\n" ); document.write( "the number killed the night before is 2736.
\n" ); document.write( "2 and 5/8 times 2736 = 2.625 times 2736 = 7182
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