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A health department estimates that 8 vials of malaria serum will treat 100 people. At this rate, how many vials are required to treat 175 people?

a. Set up the following word problem as a proportion and solve it.

b. Then write your answer as a complete sentence.

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The answer should be 14 i did it in my head you should check with a calculator do 8*175 and then divide that by 100
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