3a) 3:1 or 3/1
3b) 3:4 or 3/4
4) 125 pages a day
5) 10 skittle per ounce in a bag
6) Market: $23.60/5= $4.72*7= $33.04, Orchard: $32.76/7= $4.68*5= $23.40, Which? Orchard because it is cheaper to buy 7 there than to buy 7 at market place because it is $00.30 cents cheaper at Orchard
7) Because money is always on top of time, amount, weight, etc.

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The answer is 5

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A chemical company makes two brands of antifreeze. The first brand is 65% pure antifreeze, and the second brand is 90% pure anti

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$\bf \begin{array}{lcccl} &\stackrel{solution}{gallons}&\stackrel{\textit{\% of }}{antifreeze}&\stackrel{\textit{gallons of }}{antifreeze}\\ \cline{2-4}&\\ \textit{1st brand}&x&0.65&0.65x\\ \textit{2nd brand}&y&0.90&0.9y\\ \cline{2-4}&\\ mixture&40&0.8&32 \end{array}~\hfill \to \begin{cases} x+y&=40\\ \boxed{x}=40-y\\ \cline{1-2} 0.65x+0.9y&=32 \end{cases} \\\\[-0.35em] ~\dotfill$

$\bf \stackrel{\textit{substituting in the 2nd equation}}{0.65\left( \boxed{40-y} \right)+0.9y=32}\implies 26-0.65y+0.9y=32 \\\\\\ 26+0.25y=32\implies 0.25y=6\implies y=\cfrac{6}{0.25}\implies \blacktriangleright y=24 \blacktriangleleft \\\\[-0.35em] ~\dotfill\\\\ \stackrel{\textit{since we know that}}{x=40-y\implies }x=40-24\implies \blacktriangleright x=16 \blacktriangleleft$

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