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A caterer makes 3 extra sandwhiches for every 20 sandwhiches a customer orders. What is the ratio of ordered sandwiches to extra sandwiches? The caterer makes a total of 184 san…

A caterer makes 3 extra sandwhiches for every 20 sandwhiches a customer orders. What is the ratio of ordered sandwiches to extra sandwiches? The caterer makes a total of 184 san…
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A caterer makes 3 extra sandwhiches for every 20 sandwhiches a customer orders. What is the ratio of ordered sandwiches to extra sandwiches? The caterer makes a total of 184 sandwiches for a customer. How many sandwhiches did the customer order?

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you can solve this by making a proportion.


(3)/(20) = (x)/(184)

you cross multiply and divide to solve this. your answer is 8.

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