SOLUTION: After a drought, the Great Salt Lake in Utah covered an area of 2450 kilometers squared or 35/64 the area of the lake under normal weather conditions. Find the area of Great Salt

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Question 1107434: After a drought, the Great Salt Lake in Utah covered an area of 2450 kilometers squared or 35/64 the area of the lake under normal weather conditions. Find the area of Great Salt Lake under normal weather conditions.
Answer by josgarithmetic(39621) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
N, the NORMAL area in normal conditions

2450=%2835%2F64%29N, easier to use the language of the description than to try to setup the proportion.

2450%2864%2F35%29=N--------compute this.