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A trucking company makes 50 deliveries in 5 days how long will it take for them to deliver 400

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This is the application of ratio and proportion. You have to formulate the proportion for this problem:

50 deliveries : 5 days = 400 deliveries : x days

The inner numbers when multiplies should equal the product of the outer numbers.

400 (5) = 50x

50x = 2,000

x = 40

Therefore, it would take 40 days for the trucking company to deliver 400 deliveries.

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