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Shopping for Clothes. If shirts are on sale at two for $\$ 25,$ how much do five shirts cost?
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We know that 2 shirts cost $25, so we can write this as $\frac{2}{25}$. We want to find out the cost of 5 shirts, so we can represent this as $\frac{5}{x}$, where $x$ is the unknown cost we're trying to find. So, we have the proportion $\frac{2}{25} = Show more…
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