document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=515271>Question 515271</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Hello I am Suzy. I have a problem that I cannot figure out. It is an algebra word problem and I am really confused. Heres the problem.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Hat sizes are determined by measuring the circumfrence of one's head in wither inches or centimeters. Use ratio and porportion to comlete the following table:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Hat size                Head Circumfrence (nearest 1/5in)         Head Circumfrence (nearest centimeter)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "7 3/8                                    23 1/5                                                            59<BR>\n" );
document.write( "7 1/4                                     __?____                                                        ___?____\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Please help I am so confused. I have tried to break the first set of sizes down into fraction with the same denominator and finding the difference and then applying that difference to the lower numbers but I am not getting the correct answers.  </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "7 3/8----------23 1/5-------------59<BR>\n" );
document.write( "7 1/4----------xxxxxx-------------yyyy\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "7 3/8 = 59/8\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "7 1/4 = 29/4\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "(59/8)/ (29/4)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "59/8 * 4/29\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "59/58 \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "59/58* (116/5)/x\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x= (116/5 )/ (59/58)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=22 4/5\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "59/58 = 59/x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=58  \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "7 1/4----------22 4/5-------------58\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "m.ananth@hotmail.ca </SPAN>\n" );
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