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document.write( "It takes 13 people to pick 112 watermelons in a day. How many people would it take to pick 200 watermelons in a day?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Set up a proportion for the following situation.It takes Todd 8 minutes to eat 5 pies at a pie eating contest. How many pies can Todd eat in 15 minutes?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #450151 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josgarithmetic><B>josgarithmetic(39617)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josgarithmetic><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=450151\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Watermelon example:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Use rate as watermelons per day and find the rate for 1 person.  \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "If 13 people pick 112 watermelons in 1 day, <BR>\n" );
document.write( "Then 1 person picks 112 watermelons in <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=1%2A13=13 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"1%2A13=13\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > days.  That is 112 melons per 13 days.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "When people work together, their rates are added through simple arithmetic addition.  For n count of people to pick watermelons, the rate will be <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=n%2A112%2F13 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"n%2A112%2F13\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > melons per day.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "What is wanted?  What is n so that in t=1, the number of watermelons picked is 200.  r*t=Q, where Q is count of melons picked, t is days of picking, and r is rate of the workers picking those melons.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "In this situation, <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=highlight%28%28n%2A112%2F13%29%2A1=200%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"highlight%28%28n%2A112%2F13%29%2A1=200%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >, and you want to find n, the number of workers who will pick those 200 melons in that one day. </SPAN>\n" );
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