SOLUTION: In one multivitamin pill, the ratio if the number of units of vitamin C to the number of vitamin E is 40 to 13. If the pill contains 200 units of Vitamin C, how many units of Vitam

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Question 378212: In one multivitamin pill, the ratio if the number of units of vitamin C to the number of vitamin E is 40 to 13. If the pill contains 200 units of Vitamin C, how many units of Vitamin E does it contain?
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In one multivitamin pill, the ratio if the number of units of vitamin C to the number of vitamin E is 40 to 13. If the pill contains 200 units of Vitamin C, how many units of Vitamin E does it contain?
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40 to 13 is the same as 40x to 13x where 40x is units of vitamin C.
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Equation:
40x = 200
x = 5
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Units of vitamin E = 13x = 13*5 = 65
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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