SOLUTION: Ron and Angela carry 1300 books from
the library. Ron works for 15 days and
Angela works for 10 days.
They both work at different rates. Over
the same period of time, Ron carri
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Question 981565: Ron and Angela carry 1300 books from
the library. Ron works for 15 days and
Angela works for 10 days.
They both work at different rates. Over
the same period of time, Ron carries 4
books to every 7 books that Angela
carries.
How many books does Ron carry
altogether? Answer by macston(5194) (Show Source):
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Ron and Angela carry 1300 books from the library. Ron carries 4
books to every 7 books that Angela carries. How many books does Ron carry
altogether?
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Ron carries 4 out of every 11 books (Ron carries 4 and Angela 7, 4+7=11),
or 4/11 of all the books. There are 1300 books so:
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(4/11)(1300)=5200/11=472.73 books ANSWER: Ron carried 472.73 books.
