SOLUTION: If you can buy 4&#8260;5 of a pound of ham for 3 dollars, how much can you purchase for 10 dollars? Write your answer as a fraction of a pound.

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Question 1130213: If you can buy 4⁄5 of a pound of ham for 3 dollars, how much can you purchase for 10 dollars? Write your answer as a fraction of a pound.

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Answer by Alan3354(69443) (Show Source):
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If you can buy 4/5 of a pound of ham for 3 dollars, how much can you purchase for 10 dollars? Write your answer as a fraction of a pound.
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You can find pounds per dollar by dividing 4/5 by 3.
Then find 10 times that.
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You can use a proportion:
(4/5)/3 = P/10 where P is the pounds for $10.

Answer by MathLover1(20850) (Show Source):
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SOLUTION: If you can buy 4&#8260;5 of a pound of ham for 3 dollars, how much can you purchase for 10 dollars? Write your answer as a fraction of a pound.

SOLUTION: If you can buy 4⁄5 of a pound of ham for 3 dollars, how much can you purchase for 10 dollars? Write your answer as a fraction of a pound.