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in a hardware store the ratio of shovels to rake is 3:5.If there are 10 more rakes than shovels how many rakes are there in the hardware store?
13 years ago

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bobpursley
3:5::(r-10)/r

5(r-10)=3r solve for r.
13 years ago

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