document.write( "Question 179347: Man made taffy apples. He used 1 lb of taffy for every 70.7 lb of apples. He made 17637 lb of taffy apples. How many lb taffy did he use? How many lb apples did he use? Round to nearest tenth. \n" ); document.write( "

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so it takes 70.7 pounds of apples and 1 pound of taffy to make 71.7 pounds of taffy-apples
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\n" ); document.write( "17637 (taffy-apples)/71.7 pounds (taffy and apples)
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\n" ); document.write( "=245.98325 batches
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\n" ); document.write( "taffy used: 245.98325(1)=245.98...rounded to $\"highlight%28246%29\"$ pounds
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\n" ); document.write( "pounds of apples used:245.98325(70.7)=17391...rounded to $\"highlight%2817391%29\"$ pounds \n" ); document.write( "

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