document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=83420>Question 83420</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Freeport McMoran projects that in 2010 world grain supply will be 1.8 trillion metric tons and the supply will be only 3/4 of the world grain demand. What will world grain demand be in 2010? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "So the supply = (3/4)x\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "But the supply is given to be 1.8 trillion metric tons\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "==> (3/4)x = 1.8\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "==> x = 1.8 * (4/3) [multiplying by (4/3) on both the sides]\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "==> x = 2.4\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Thus the world grain demand  in 2010 = 2.4 trillion metric tons </SPAN>\n" );
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