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. Determine if the given rates are equivalent: 12 gallons of paint/8,329ft^2 9gallonsof paint/1,240ft^2 i do not understand how to solve this problem could someone please show me how to do the work. Thank you
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document.write( "Cross multiply.  That is, multiply the red numbers above, then\r\n" );
document.write( "multiply the green numbers and if they are equal, then the rates\r\n" );
document.write( "are equivalent.  If they are not equal, the ratios are not equivalent.\r\n" );
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document.write( "When we multiply the red numbers we get  \r\n" );
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document.write( "When we multiply the green numbers we get \r\n" );
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document.write( "These are not equal, so we know that the rates are not equivalent.\r\n" );
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