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Hello ! I’m really stuck on proportions and it’s hard for me to solve X Nathan packs 25boxes in 2 hours how many boxes can be pack in 8 hours

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100 boxes

Step-by-step explanation:

25 boxes was packed in 2 hours

let the number of boxes packed in 8 hours = x

25 boxes = 2 hours

x = 8 hours

cross multiply:

25(8) = 2(x)

200 = 2x

divide through by 2:

200/2 = x

x = 100

In 8 hours, he would have packed 100 boxes

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