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144 grapefruits in 4 boxes, How many grapefruits in 100 boxes?

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Problem

144 grapefruits in 4 boxes, How many grapefruits in 100 boxes?​

Solution

for this case we can do the following proportional rule:

4/144 = x/100

And solving for x we got:

x= 100 (4/144)= 2.77

So between 2 and 3 grape fruits are expected

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