<PRE><B>Question 823646</B>
If Jenny buys x kg of sugar at the price of 99 cents, how many kg of sugar can she buy
with y dollars? Express your answer in terms of x and y.
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Use a proportion:
sugar/price = sugar/price
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?/y = x kg/99
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# of kg of sugar = y(x/99)kg = (xy/99)kg
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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