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Pediatricians prescribe 5 milliliters (ml) of acetaminophen for every 25 pounds of a child’s weight. How many milliliters of acetaminophen will the doctor prescribe for Emilia, who weighs 60 pounds?

12 ml

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For every 1 kilogram (kg) of a child’s weight, pediatricians prescribe 15 milligrams (mg) of a fever reducer. If Isabella weighs 12 kg, how many milligrams of the fever reducer will the pediatrician prescribe?

180 mg

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One brand of microwave popcorn has 120 calories per serving. A whole bag of this popcorn has 3.5 servings. How many calories are in a whole bag of this microwave popcorn?

Solution

Identify what you are asked to find. How many calories are in a whole bag of microwave popcorn?
Choose a variable to represent it. Let c = number of calories.
Write a sentence that gives the information to find it. If there are 120 calories per serving, how many calories are in a whole bag with 3.5 servings?
Translate into a proportion. .
Substitute given values. .
Multiply both sides by 3.5. .
Multiply. .
Check if the answer is reasonable.
Yes. Since 3.5 is between 3 and 4, the total calories should be between 360 (3⋅120) and 480 (4⋅120).
Write a complete sentence. The whole bag of microwave popcorn has 420 calories.
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Marissa loves the Caramel Macchiato at the coffee shop. The 16 oz. medium size has 240 calories. How many calories will she get if she drinks the large 20 oz. size?

300

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Yaneli loves Starburst candies, but wants to keep her snacks to 100 calories. If the candies have 160 calories for 8 pieces, how many pieces can she have in her snack?

5

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Josiah went to Mexico for spring break and changed $325 dollars into Mexican pesos. At that time, the exchange rate had $1 U.S. is equal to 12.54 Mexican pesos. How many Mexican pesos did he get for his trip?

Solution

Identify what you are asked to find. How many Mexican pesos did Josiah get?
Choose a variable to represent it. Let p = number of pesos.
Write a sentence that gives the information to find it. If $1 U.S. is equal to 12.54 Mexican pesos, then $325 is how many pesos?
Translate into a proportion. .
Substitute given values. .
The variable is in the denominator, so find the cross products and set them equal. .
Simplify. .
Check if the answer is reasonable.
Yes, $100 would be $1,254 pesos. $325 is a little more than 3 times this amount.
Write a complete sentence. Josiah has 4075.5 pesos for his spring break trip.
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Yurianna is going to Europe and wants to change $800 dollars into Euros. At the current exchange rate, $1 US is equal to 0.738 Euro. How many Euros will she have for her trip?

590 Euros

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Corey and Nicole are traveling to Japan and need to exchange $600 into Japanese yen. If each dollar is 94.1 yen, how many yen will they get?

56,460 yen

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Write percent equations as proportions

Previously, we solved percent equations by applying the properties of equality we have used to solve equations throughout this text. Some people prefer to solve percent equations by using the proportion method. The proportion method for solving percent problems involves a percent proportion. A percent proportion is an equation where a percent is equal to an equivalent ratio.

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