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Lee Middle School orders 15 textbooks for every 12 students. The table shows how many textbooks the school orders for certain numbers of students. Predict the number of textbooks that the school would order for 72 students.

Students 12, 24, 48, 96, 192
Textbooks 15, 30, 60, 120, 240

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Answer:

90 textbooks

Explanation:

15 (number of textbooks) ÷ 12 (number of students) = 1.25 (Predictive Percentage of Textbooks-Students)

72 (predicted number of students) x 1.25 = 90 textbooks

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