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Justin needs to memorize words on a vocabulary list for Spanish class. He has memorized 30 of the words, which is five-sixths of the list. How many words are on the list?
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Justin needs to memorize words on a vocabulary list for Spanish class. He has memorized 30 of the words, which is five-sixths of the list. How many words are on the list?

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This is a proportion problem
5/6= 30/x
Cross multiply and divide
30 x 6= 180
180 divided by 5 is 36

Answer is 36
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