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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.

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Question 2
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She will make
whole donuts in 5 hours.
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To determine how many whole donuts Deborah will make in 5 hours using a proportion, we can set up the proportion based on the information given:

  1. Set up the initial proportion:
    • We know that Deborah makes 33 donuts in 7 hours.
    • We want to find out how many donuts (\(x\)) she makes in 5 hours.

The proportion can be set up as follows:

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

  1. Cross multiply:

    • This gives us the equation: \[ 33 \times 5 = 7 \times x \]
    • Compute \(33 \times 5\): \[ 165 = 7x \]
  2. Solve for \(x\):

    • Divide both sides by 7: \[ x = \frac{165}{7} \approx 23.57 \]

Since we want the whole number of donuts, we take the whole number part of 23.57, which is 23.

So, the answers to the questions are:

  • Drop target 1: \(\frac{33}{7}\)
  • Drop target 2: \(\frac{x}{5}\)
  • Drop target 3: \(x = 23 \text{ whole donuts}\)

Question 2: She will make 23 whole donuts in 5 hours.