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12. A measurement system consists of blips, lugs, and gifs. In this contrived system, 15 blips equal 4 lugs and 7 lugs equal 13 gifs. a. How many blips equal 3 gifs?

          12. A measurement system consists of blips, lugs, and gifs. In this
contrived system, 15 blips equal 4 lugs and 7 lugs equal 13 gifs.
a. How many blips equal 3 gifs?

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Geometry A Common Core Curriculum

Ron Larson, Laurie Boswell 1st Edition

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We know that 7 lugs equal 13 gifs, so we can find out how many lugs equal 1 gif by dividing both sides by 13: 7 lugs ÷ 13 = 1 gif ÷ 13 Simplifying: 0.538 lugs = 0.077 gif Show more…

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The answer is 6 and 3/52, I just don't know how to get that. I've posted the question before, just mixed up the numbers, that's why I was confused. 12. A measurement system consists of blips, lugs, and gifs. In this contrived system, 15 blips equal 4 lugs, and 7 lugs equal 13 gifs. How many blips equal 3 gifs?