SOLUTION: The largest ranch in the world is in the Australia Outback. It is about 12,000 square miles, which is five times the size of the largest United States ranch. Write and solve an equ

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Question 361520: The largest ranch in the world is in the Australia Outback. It is about 12,000 square miles, which is five times the size of the largest United States ranch. Write and solve an equation to find the size of the largest United States ranch.

How do I come up with an equation and solve it to find the size of the largest United States ranch??
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Let represent the size of the US ranch. Then the size of the Australian ranch is . Thus:



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