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Omar made 276 for 12 hours of work.At the same rate, how many hours would he have to work to make 161 ?

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He would have to work 7 hours.

Explanation:

To solve this, you can set up a proportion.

12/276 = x/161

From there, you cross multiply.

12(161) and 161(x)

This gives you

1932/161x

From there, you just divide

1932/161, giving you

x = 7

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