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Miguel works at an electronics store. He sold 8 televisions in 2.5 hours. If he works 7.5 hours, how many TVs can he expect to sell?

16 TVs
24 TVs
40 TVs
60 TVs

User Rolvernew
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Answer:

b

Explanation:

User M Nottingham
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The answer is the second option: 24 TVs.

The explanation is shown below:

To solve this exercise you must apply the proccedure shown below: The problem says that Miguel sold 8 televisions in 2.5 hours. Then, to calculate the number of televisions that he can expect to sell in 7.5 hours, you must multiply this amount of hours by 8 televisions and divide it by 2.5 hours, as following:


((7.5)(8))/(2.5)=24

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