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document.write( "I'm not sure that rooves is a word.  Might be roofs.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "To find roofs per box, divide the # of roofs by the # of boxes.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "roofs/box = 3.5/2/6 = 35/26<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The inverse is boxes/roof = 26/35<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "For 8 roofs:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "--> 8*(26/35) = 208/35<BR>\n" );
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