Problema Solution

In a production process 240 pounds of aluminum are used with 780 pounds of steel. How many pounds of aluminum would be used with 1,240 pounds of steel? Answer to the nearest

ten pounds.

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let x = lbs of aluminum needed


240 : 780 = x : 1200


by solving we find


x = 370 lbs


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