document.write( "Question 1023761: The price of a cucumbers has changed from 89 cents to $1.29 cents in the past 5 years and the price of plastic bags has changed from 8 cents to 5 cents. Find the index numbers that would represent the change in the respective prices over these 5 years and interpret their meaning \n" ); document.write( "
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1:8::4:_?
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document.write( "[Note that the word \"fraction\"\r\n" );
document.write( "contains the word \"ratio\"]\r\n" );
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document.write( "Change the ratios to fractions, \r\n" );
document.write( "and the :: to an equal sign:\r\n" );
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document.write( "\"1%2F8+=+4%2Fx\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "Cross-multiply:\r\n" );
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document.write( "\"1%2Ax+=4%2A8\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "\"x=32\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "6:2::8:_?\r\n" );
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document.write( "\"6%2F2+=+8%2Fx\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "\"6%2Ax+=8%2A2\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "\"6x=16\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "\"x=16%2F6\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "\"x=8%2F3\"\r\n" );
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