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If you have a job that earns $120 in 2 days, how much would you earn in 6 days? Use a chart to show the proportion of earnings for different numbers of days.

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To figure this out, we need to use fractional proportions.

Currently, we have $120, the amount earned, and 2 days, the current rate.
Our fraction for this is: 120 / 2 = x / 6, x being the amount earned in 6 days.

Let's use a little technique to help us answer faster.

With our current money earned, 120, and our current days, 2, we can divide 120 by 2 to find out how many we earned in 1 day.

120 / 2 = 60.

We earned $60 per day.

With this formula, 60d, d being the amount of days, we can solve quicker.

We are solving for 6 days, so multiply $60 by 6 days.

60 x 6 = 360

Your proportion is :

120/2 : 360/6

I hope this helps!
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