If Maria can buy 12 lemons for $2.40, how much will it costs her to buy 16? Set up a proportion to solve.

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Vicente

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31 March, 10:56

If Maria can buy 12 lemons for $2.40, how much will it costs her to buy 16? Set up a proportion to solve.

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Dwayne Keller · Answer 1

2.40/12 = x/16

then that would mean 12x = 2.40 (16)

which equals 12x = 38.4, then divide 12 by both sides, getting you 3.2 so the answer is it would cost her $3.20 cents to by 16 lemons