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  • 25-03-2020
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If Maria can buy 12 lemons for $2.40, how much will it costs her to buy 16?Set up a proportion to solve.

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vannietruong
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  • 25-03-2020
2.40/12 = x/16
then that would mean 12x= 2.40(16)
which equals 12x= 38.4, then divide 12 by both sides, getting you 3.2 so the answer is it would cost her $3.20 cents to by 16 lemons
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