document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=373089>Question 373089</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A dairy created a sundae with approximately 1 pound of topping for every 83.2 pounds of ice cream. The total weight of the two ingredients was approximately 45,225 ponds. to the nearest tenth of a pound, how many pounds of ice cream and how many pounds of topping were there? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Let x = the number of pounds of topping<BR>\n" );
document.write( "83.2x = the number of pounds of ice cream\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x+83.2x = 45,225<BR>\n" );
document.write( "  84.2x = 45,225<BR>\n" );
document.write( "      x = 537.1\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "  83.2x = 83.2(537.1) = 44,687.9\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "There were 537.1 pounds of topping and 44,687.9 pounds of ice cream. </SPAN>\n" );
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