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Brian made $56.00 by babysitting for 7 hours. At this rate, for how many hours would he have to babysit to make $72.00?

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Answer:

9 hours

Explanation:

$56.00 -------> 7 hours

$1 ---------------> (7 / 56) hours

$72 -------------> (7/56) x 72 = 9 hours

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