Question

There were a hundred pounds of boxes for every 54 lb of packing and if a factory used 260 lb of packing how many pounds of boxes did the

factory use​

Answer 1

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Answer:

481.5 (rounded to tenths)

Explanation:

Boxes are proportional to packing, so we have ...

(pounds of boxes)/(pounds of packing) = b/260 = 100/54

Multiplying by 260 gives ...

b = 260(100/54) = 26000/54 = 481.481481...

About 481.5 pounds of boxes were used.