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Robin can clean 72 rooms in 6 days how many can he clean in 9 days

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Hello!

Robin can clean 72 rooms in 6 days. How many rooms can Robin clean in 9 days?

We have a proportional magnitude (directly proportional), if we increase the number of days for cleaning, obviously we will have more rooms cleaned, then:

clean rooms __________ days

72 ----------------------------------- 6

y ------------------------------------- 9


(72)/(y) = (6)/(9)

multiply the means by the extremes


6*y = 72*9


6\:y = 648


y = (648)/(6)


\boxed{\boxed{y = 108}}\Longleftarrow(clean\:rooms)\end{array}}\qquad\checkmark

Answer:

108 clean rooms in 9 days

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User TheAddonDepot
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Let's put it this way.
It's a ratio of 6:72 and we need to change it in a way to find number of rooms cleaned in 9 days.

Divide 6 & 72 both by 2
Ratio is now 3:36

Multiply 3 & 36 both by 3
Ratio is now 9:108

The number of rooms in which Robin can clean in 9 days is 108 rooms.
User Nihar Sarkar
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