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Yoku is putting on sunscreen. He uses

2

ml

2 ml2, space, m, l to cover

5

0

cm

2

50 cm

2

50, space, c, m, start superscript, 2, end superscript of his skin. He wants to know how many milliliters of sunscreen

(

c

)

(c)left parenthesis, c, right parenthesis he needs to cover

3

2

5

cm

2

325 cm

2

325, space, c, m, start superscript, 2, end superscript of his skin.

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For this case we can make the following rule of three:
2 ml -------------> 50cm ^ 2
c -----------------> 325 cm ^ 2
From here, we clear the value of c.
We have then:
c = (325/50) * (2)
c = 13 ml
Answer:
I need 13 milliliters of sunscreen to cover his skin.