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  • 11-05-2017
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when meredith cleaned her room she found that the ratio of clean clothes to dirty clothes was 2-5. If 35 peices of clothing were discovered how many were clean

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Аноним Аноним
  • 11-05-2017
5×7= 35

7×2= 14

The answer is 14.
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Аноним Аноним
  • 11-05-2017
You can set up a proportion which would be 2/5= x/35 You then would cross multiply leaving you with 5x= 70. Then you get x by itself, which would mean x is 14.

Then you can double check by plugging it in because 5 x 7= 35 you would plug in 2 x 7 and that equals 14 
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