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A package of dental floss has 175 m of floss. Dr.Pierre bought 150 packages to give to his patients. How many metres of dental floss is that

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  • 01-10-2018

The total length of the dental floss in 150 packages will be 26250 meters.

Explanation

A package of dental floss has 175 m of floss.

Suppose, the number of meters of dental floss in 150 packages is  [tex]x[/tex]

So, the equation according to the ratio of "number of packages" to "dental floss" will be.....

[tex]\frac{1}{175}=\frac{150}{x}\\ \\ x= 175*150=26250[/tex]

So, the total length of the dental floss in 150 packages will be 26250 meters.

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