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Jerome is a co-owner of a small company and received 1\3 of the companies?profits this year. What were the company?s overall profits if Jerome made $150'000 write an equation and solve

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Jerome makes 1/3 of the whole profit. So to find the overall profit of the company, multiply his profit by 3.
If he makes $150,000 this is how you would solve:
150,000•3= $450,000

450,000 dollars is your answer.

The dot is just a multiplication sign.
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