SOLUTION: For a certain time period the ratio of the dollar value of exports to the dollar value of imports for the United States was 2 to 3. If the value of exports during that time period

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Question 164007This question is from textbook Elementary and Intermediate
: For a certain time period the ratio of the dollar value of exports to the dollar value of imports for the United States was 2 to 3. If the value of exports during that time period was 48 billion dollars, then what was the value of imports? This question is from textbook Elementary and Intermediate

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2/3=48/x
2x=3*48
2x=144
x=144/2
x=$72 million for imports.