Basic College Mathematics (10th Edition)

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Chapter 5 - Ratio and Proportion - 5.1 Ratios - 5.1 Exercises - Page 337: 39

Answer

Candle in the Wind and I want to Hold Your Hand; White Christmas and It's Now or Never; White Christmas and I Will Always Love You

Work Step by Step

Let's test each song for a song with 'x' million popularity : 1) Popularity of Candle in the Wind/ Song with popularity 'x' million=3/1 36/x=3/1 x=12 million Candle in the Wind and I Want to Hold your hand 2) Popularity of White Christmas/ Song with popularity 'x' million=3/1 30/x=3/1 x=10 million White Christmas and It's Now or Never Also, White Christmas and I will Always Love You 3) Rock Around the Clock's popularity= 17 million 17 does not have 3 as a factor. Hence it won't form a 3:1 ratio 4) I want to Hold you hand/ song with 'x' popularity=3/1 12/x=3/1 x=4 There's no song with 4 million popularity 5) Diana song popularity/ song with popularity 'x' million=3/1 9/x=3/1 x=3 There's no song with popularity 3 million
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