document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=252170>Question 252170</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> An island has no currency; it instead has the following exchange rate:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "50 bananas = 20 coconuts, 30 coconuts = 12 fish, and 100 fish = 1 hammock<BR>\n" );
document.write( "How many bananas equal one hammock?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "A. 250 B. 625 C. 875 D. 1200 E. 1350 </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "        50 bananas = 20 coconuts<BR>\n" );
document.write( "         1 coconut = 50/20 bananas<BR>\n" );
document.write( "         1 coconut = 5/2 bananas   ...(1)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Next,  30 coconuts = 12 fish<BR>\n" );
document.write( "          1 fish   = 30/12 coconuts<BR>\n" );
document.write( "          1 fish   = 5/2 coconuts  ...(2)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Now,     1 hammock = 100 fish<BR>\n" );
document.write( "         1 hammock = 100 x (5/2) coconuts<BR>\n" );
document.write( "         1 hammock = 100 x(5/2)(5/2) bananas<BR>\n" );
document.write( "         1 hammock = 625 bananas </SPAN>\n" );
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