SOLUTION: there is a direct variation between number of oranges squeezed and the weight of the orange juice produced. to get 3 pounds of orange juice, you must squeeze about 15 oranges. if a

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Question 235424: there is a direct variation between number of oranges squeezed and the weight of the orange juice produced. to get 3 pounds of orange juice, you must squeeze about 15 oranges. if a tree has 300 oranges, how many pounds of orange juice will it produce?(simply work the problem through; you do not need a 5 step solution.)
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there is a direct variation between number of oranges squeezed and the weight of the orange juice produced. to get 3 pounds of orange juice, you must squeeze about 15 oranges.
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From this last statement we can say, there are 5 oranges per lb
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if a tree has 300 oranges, how many pounds of orange juice will it produce?
300%2F5 = 60 lb of juice