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Question 1
Deborah makes 33 donuts every 7 hours. Using a proportion, determine how many whole donuts she will make in 5 hours.

Complete the proportion below.

(1 point)
Drop target 1
Drop target 2
Drop target 3
Question 2
(1 point)
She will make
whole donuts in 5 hours.
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To solve the problem, we can set up a proportion based on the number of donuts Deborah makes in a given time.

We know that:

  • 33 donuts are made in 7 hours.

We want to find out how many donuts (let's call this \( x \)) Deborah makes in 5 hours. We can set up the proportion as follows:

\[ \frac{33 \text{ donuts}}{7 \text{ hours}} = \frac{x \text{ donuts}}{5 \text{ hours}} \]

Now, we can cross-multiply to solve for \( x \):

\[ 33 \text{ donuts} \cdot 5 \text{ hours} = x \text{ donuts} \cdot 7 \text{ hours} \]

This simplifies to:

\[ 165 = 7x \]

Now, divide both sides by 7 to find \( x \):

\[ x = \frac{165}{7} \approx 23.57 \]

Since the question asks for how many whole donuts she will make, we take the integer part:

23 whole donuts.

So, to complete the answers:

Question 1:

Drop target 1: 33
Drop target 2: 7
Drop target 3: 5

Question 2:

She will make 23 whole donuts in 5 hours.