The United States has an approximate population of
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Using proportions, it is found that each person consumes 3.57 times as many rice in Brazil and they do in the United States.
<h3>What is a proportion?</h3>A proportion is a fraction of a total amount.
In this problem, we have that:
- The rate in Brazil is of
.
- The rate in the United States is of
.
Hence, the rate between the consumption in Brazil and in the United States is given by:
Each person consumes 3.57 times as many rice in Brazil and they do in the United States.
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- x for the original price.
- The store has a coupon for $10 off and a discount of 20%
- C for the price after the coupon is applied.
So from the statement 2, you can realize there are two types of discounts:
- The discount offered by the coupon
- The discount offered by 20%
Since we need to write a function just for the coupon, then we don't include the discount offered as percentage, then we subtract the coupon from the original price: