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Every 3 weeks 8 students will lose their metro cards... How many will lose it in 9 weeks

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If eight students lose their metro cards every three weeks then in six weeks sixteen will have lost theirs, and in nine weeks twenty-four will have lost theirs. (I think I did that right)
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User Zamphatta
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First we must divide 9 by 3.

9/3 = 3

Then multiply it by 8

3*8 = 24. Hope this helps!

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