Problema Solution

If Jan bought 3 oranges for .15 cents. How many oranges did she buy if she spent $1.50?

Answer provided by our tutors

let 'x' represent the number of oranges that Jan bought with $1.50


$1.50 = 150 cents


since the number of oranges is directly proportional with the money we can write:


3 : 0.15 = x : 150


by solving we find:


x = 3,000 oranges


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Jan can buy 3,000 oranges with $1.50.