document.write( "Question 311662: A watch loses 2 minutes in 10 hours. At this rate, how much will it lose in 24 hours? \n" ); document.write( "
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\n" ); document.write( "We can set up a proportion with this as:
\n" ); document.write( "2/10=n/24
\n" ); document.write( "Cross multiply to get:
\n" ); document.write( "10n=48 Divide both sides by 10 to get:
\n" ); document.write( "n=4.8 minutes.
\n" ); document.write( "Make sense?
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