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In Tyrel's fruit basket for every 3

apples there are 7 pears. What is the
number of pears in Tyrel's fruit
basket if there are 9 apples in the
basket?

User Scottalan
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The answer is there would be 21 pears for every 9 apples

Explanation:

User Vadzim Savenok
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Hey there!

The answer is there would be
21 pears for every
9 apples.

To solve this, we can use proportions. We know that for every
3 apples there are
7 pears, and we want to how many pears (
x) there are for
9 apples. We can set up the following proportion:


(3)/(7)
= (9)/(x)

Using cross products, we know that the value of
9 x
7 is equal to
3 x
x:


9(7) = 3(x)


63 = 3x


21 = x

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