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Question 152163: If 300 jellybeans cost you X dollars. How many jellybeans can you purchase for 50 cents at the same rate?
Answer by nerdybill(7384)   (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! If 300 jellybeans cost you X dollars. How many jellybeans can you purchase for 50 cents at the same rate?
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Since you know that:
300 jellybeans per x dollars
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You would multiply the above with the amount of money you have to find out how many jellybeans you would have:
300/x * .5 = 150/x
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Notice that you have to multiply with the same UNITS -- that is, we have to convert "cents" into "dollars" -- 50 cents is equal to .5 dollars.
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Therefore, your answer would be 150/x
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