SOLUTION: If 24 cans of paint are needed to paint 120 stop signs, then how many stop signs can be painted using 13 cans?

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Question 1031528: If 24 cans of paint are needed to paint 120 stop signs, then how many stop signs can be painted using 13 cans?
Answer by Edwin McCravy(20054) About Me  (Show Source):
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The number of cans of paint needed is directly 
proportional to the number of stop signs that can
be painted with them:



matrix%281%2C3%2C%0D%0A%0D%0A24%2F120%2C%22%22=%22%22%2C13%2FN%29

Cross multiply:

matrix%281%2C3%2C%0D%0A%0D%0A24N%2C%22%22=%22%22%2C13%2A120%29

matrix%281%2C3%2C%0D%0A%0D%0AN%2C%22%22=%22%22%2C13%2A120%2F24%29

matrix%281%2C3%2C%0D%0A%0D%0AN%2C%22%22=%22%22%2C65%29 stop signs.

Edwin