SOLUTION: Solve: (27) A watch loses 2 minutes every 15hours. How much time will it lose in 2 hours? (30) The ratio of international students to U.S.student at a college is 2 to 35. How

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Question 65505This question is from textbook algebra 1
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(27) A watch loses 2 minutes every 15hours. How much time will it lose in 2 hours?
(30) The ratio of international students to U.S.student at a college is 2 to 35. How many international students are there if there are 1575 U.S. students?
(33) A television station found that 145 out of the 350 people surveyed watched a special program on education on Monday night. If this survey is repreentative of the total viewing population (12,250 people), about how many people wtched the television special?
This question is from textbook algebra 1

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2/15=X/2
15X=4
X=4/15 OF A SECOND LOST IN 2 MINUTES.
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2/35=X/1575
35X=3150
X=3150/35
X=90
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145/300=X/12250
300X=1776250
X=1776250/300
X=5920 5/6
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