document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=547129>Question 547129</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Could someone help with this please? Thanks.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The football coach shuddered when he realized that the ratio of the dextrous to the inept was 3 to 7. If 140 players were trying to make the team, how many were dextrous? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Let x = no. of dextrous<BR>\n" );
document.write( "then<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(140-x) = no. of inept<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "A ratio equation<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=x%2F%28%28140-x%29%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"x%2F%28%28140-x%29%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > = <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=3%2F7 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"3%2F7\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "Cross multiply<BR>\n" );
document.write( "7x = 3(140-x)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "7x = 420 - 3x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "7x + 3x = 420<BR>\n" );
document.write( "10x = 420<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = 42 dextrous ones </SPAN>\n" );
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