SOLUTION: If 300 Jellybeans cost you unknown dollars, How many jellybeans can you purchas for 50 cents at the same rate ?

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Question 282464: If 300 Jellybeans cost you unknown dollars, How many jellybeans can you purchas for 50 cents at the same rate ?
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If 300 Jellybeans cost you unknown dollars, How many jellybeans can you purchas for 50 cents at the same rate ?
Let x be the cost in cents of 300 jellybeans. Then the number of jellybeans per cent is 300/x. The number of jellbeans that can be purchased for 50 cents is 50*(x/300)= x/6.