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If it takes x hours of shoveling to gather y pounds of coal, then how many hours
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\n" ); document.write( "hours of shoveling does it take to gather 500 pounds of coal?

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document.write( "To do that you divide 500 by 100 pounds, get 5. Then multiply 5 times 4, get 20\r\n" );
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document.write( "Now let's do the same thing with the letters.

\n" ); document.write( "If it takes x hours of shoveling to gather y pounds of coal, then how many hours
\n" ); document.write( "of shoveling does it take to gather 2000 pounds of coal?

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document.write( "To do that you divide 2000 by y pounds, get 2000/y. Then multiply 2000/y times x,\r\n" );
document.write( "get 2000x/y hours of shoveling.\r\n" );
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