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Three out of every 10 pairs of skis sold by Snow Sports are cross country skis. Snow Sports sold 450 pairs of skis during the winter seaton how many of the skis were likely to have been cross country ski

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3/10 skis are country skis.

Set up a proportion:


(3)/(10) = (x)/(450)

10x=1350
x=135

The answer is about 135 pairs of country skis.
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