document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=204773>Question 204773</A>This question is from textbook <A HREF=http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0321292758/algebrahomeworkh>prealgebra</A><BR>\n" );
document.write( ": <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> sixty newspapers cost $27.find the cost for 16 newspapers????????? :*( </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "A ratio equation<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=60%2F16 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"60%2F16\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > = <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=27%2Fx ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"27%2Fx\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "Cross multiply<BR>\n" );
document.write( "60x = 16 * 27<BR>\n" );
document.write( "60x = 432<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=432%2F60 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"432%2F60\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = $7.20 for 16 news papers<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Check by finding the cost of one paper<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=7.2%2F16 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"7.2%2F16\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > = .45<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Cost of 60<BR>\n" );
document.write( ".45 * 60 = $27, confirms our solution </SPAN>\n" );
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