SOLUTION: The number of "obtuse" varied directly as the number of "acute". If 2,400 were obtuse when 960 were acute, how many were acute when only 10 were obtuse?
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Question 1041115: The number of "obtuse" varied directly as the number of "acute". If 2,400 were obtuse when 960 were acute, how many were acute when only 10 were obtuse? Answer by ikleyn(52778) (Show Source):
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The number of "obtuse" varied directly as the number of "acute".
If 2,400 were obtuse when 960 were acute, how many were acute when only 10 were obtuse?
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The proportion is = ,
where "x" is = "how many were acute when only 10 were obtuse? ".
Solve for x: x = = 4.
Answer. 4.
