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Exercise 18

Avg difficulty 2.5

Solve these proportion problems.

A highway had a landslide, where 3,000 cubic yards of material fell on the road, requiring 200 dump truck loads to clear. On another highway, a slide left 40,000 cubic yards on the road. How many dump truck loads would be needed to clear this slide?

Lee et al., Math in Society, §1.4 Rates and Proportions, Exercise 18

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