SOLUTION: If a 5 pound duck takes 2.25 hours to cook. How many hours to the nearest tenth are required to cook a 6 pound duck?

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Question 1054938: If a 5 pound duck takes 2.25 hours to cook. How many hours to the nearest tenth are required to cook a 6 pound duck?
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If a 5 pound duck takes 2.25 hours to cook. How many hours to the nearest tenth are required to cook a 6 pound duck?
Set up the following PROPORTION, using T as time: highlight_green%285%2F6+=+2.25%2FT%29. 

Solve for T, the required time to cook the duck.