SOLUTION: I have a problem trying to determine how to solve this problem: the question is write 2 ratios implied by this statement: Juan took 3 hours to read 120 pages. Then it asks hour

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Question 57922: I have a problem trying to determine how to solve this problem: the question is write 2 ratios implied by this statement: Juan took 3 hours to read 120 pages. Then it asks hour many hours to read 560 pages.
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the question is write 2 ratios implied by this statement: Juan took 3 hours to read 120 pages. Then it asks hour many hours to read 560 pages.
3%2F120=x%2F560 or 560%2F120=x%2F3
Either way you get:
3%2F120=x%2F560
3%28560%29%2F120=x%28560%29%2F%28560%29
14=x
x=14 hrs.
560%2F120=x%2F3
3%28560%29%2F120=3x%2F3
14=x
x=14 hrs.
Happy Calculating!!!