document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=991130>Question 991130</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Sarah Saved 2 Dollars for every 5 dollars her brother saves.  If Sarah saved 20 dollars how much does her brother have. \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "2 / 5 = 40 / x.  X=100 </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "sarah saved 20 dollars.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "20 / 2 * 5 = 50 dollars.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "her brother saved 50 dollars.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "look at it another way.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "if she saves 2 dollars, her brother saves 5.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "20 dollars is 10 * 2.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "she saved 10 * 2 = 20 dollars.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "her brother must have saved 10 * 5 = 50 dollars.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "look at it another way.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "brother saves 5 dollars for every 2 dollars that she saves.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "that means her brother saves 2.5 dollars for every 1 dollar that she saves because 5/2 = 2.5 and 2/2 = 1.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "she saved 20 dollars.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "he must have saved 2.5 * 20 = 50.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "in ratio form the equation would be:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "5/2 = x / 20\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x represent how much her brother saved.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "cross multiply to get 100 = 2*x.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "solve for x to get x = 50\r<BR>\n" );
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