SOLUTION: In a basketball game the ratio of the scores between the Bears and the Bobcats was 13
to 9. If the Bears scored 78 points, how many points did the Bobcats score?
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Question 1192131: In a basketball game the ratio of the scores between the Bears and the Bobcats was 13
to 9. If the Bears scored 78 points, how many points did the Bobcats score? Answer by ikleyn(52783) (Show Source):
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In a basketball game the ratio of the scores between the Bears and the Bobcats was 13
to 9. If the Bears scored 78 points, how many points did the Bobcats score?
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Write the proportion, as the problem says
= = .
From the proportion, find
x = = 9*6 = 54.
ANSWER. Bobcats score is 54 points.
