document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=60428>Question 60428</A>This question is from textbook <A HREF=http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0078213479/algebrahomeworkh>Alegbra concepts and applications</A><BR>\n" );
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document.write( "A lake is 120 fathoms deep. Use the fact that there are 6 fett in a fathom to tell the depth of the lake in feet </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "120 fathom = x ft<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Set up the proportions and solve:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "1/6=12/x [Cross-multiply]<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=(6)(120)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=720 ft\r<BR>\n" );
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