All steps that Marcie did are right, but she forgot to change sign in last step.
Consider the inequality
Then
Group the numbers:
Separate terms with x and without x in different sides:
The coefficient at x is -8 and it is negative, then dividing the inequality by -8 you have to change sign in opposite:
Answer: Marcie forgot to change sign in last step.
In order to divide $306 into the ratio of 9 to 5 to 3, first you have to make each section of the ratio represented by a variable, and put it into an equation.
9x + 5x + 3x = 306
Our next step is to simplify the left side of the equation by combining all of the like terms, the ones that contain variables.
17x = 306
Finally, to solve this equation, you have to divide both sides by 17 to isolate the variable x on the left side of the equation.
x = 18
However, this is not our answer as it isn't in a ratio format and doesn't really make sense. To find our ratio, we have to multiply each of our initial numbers (9, 5, and 3) by our variable, x.
9 * 18 = 162
5 * 18 = 90
3 * 18 = 54
You can verify that these numbers are correct because if you add them together you get 306.
Your final ratio is 162:90:54.
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12!!!! Hope this helped and good encouragement
Answer:
The number of melon was 3 and the number of apples was 45.
Step-by-step explanation:
1. Melons cost $20 per crate and apples cost $8 per create. If the total was 48 crates for $420, you can make the following system of equations, where 
is the number of melons and 
is the number of apples:
2. By applying the Method of substitution, you can solve for in the first equation and substitute it into the second one to find . Then, you can substitute the value of into the first equation to find :
She would've put 11 dimes in each pile. 55/5=11
