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Find W.,
W

251 15 These backpacks are similar. Find W., W-example-1

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Answer:

25=5

15 ?x

x=3

therfore w=20

User Zohidjon Akbarov
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W = 3

The large backpack is 25 and the small is 5. Using proportional reasoning, and since they say the backpacks are the similar, we can find the change. 25/5 would equal 5. So, 15/5, what you do to one side you must do to the other, would equal 3. W = 3.

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