document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=600405>Question 600405</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Shop A has 5 times as many machinists as Shop B, and Shop C has 3 times as many as Shop B. Shop A has how many times as many machinists as Shop C? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Or we can say that Shop B has 1/3 times as many machinists as Shop C<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Let the Shop C has X machinists,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "So Shop B has <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=%281%2F3%29%2AX ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"%281%2F3%29%2AX\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > machinists<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Shop A has 5 times as many machinists as Shop B<BR>\n" );
document.write( "So Shop A has <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=5%2A%281%2F3%29%2AX ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"5%2A%281%2F3%29%2AX\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "i.e. (5/3)*X machinists<BR>\n" );
document.write( "OR 5/3 times the machinists of Shop C\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "So Shop A has 5/3 times as many machinists as Shop C has </SPAN>\n" );
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