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7-1
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Word Problem Practice
1. TRIANGLES The ratios of the measures
of the angles in DEF is 7:13:16.
4. CARS A car company builds two
versions of one of its models—a sedan
and a station wagon. The ratio of sedans
to station wagons is 11:2. A freighter
begins unloading the cars at a dock.
Tom counts 18 station wagons and then
overhears a dock worker call out, “Okay,
that’s all of the wagons . . . bring out
the sedans!” How many sedans were on
the ship?
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13x°
16x°
7x°
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99
Find the measure of the angles.
35°, 65°, 80°
5. DISASTER READINESS The town of
Oyster Bay is conducting a survey of
80 households to see how prepared its
citizens are for a natural disaster. Of
those households surveyed, 66 have a
survival kit at home.
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2. RATIONS Sixteen students went on
a week-long hiking trip. They brought
with them 320 specially baked, proteinrich, cookies. What is the ratio of cookies
to students?
a. Write the ratio of people with
survival kits in the survey.
33
−
or 0.825
40
20:1
b. Write the ratio of people without
survival kits in the survey.
7
−
or 0.175
40
3. CLOVERS Nathaniel is searching for
a four-leaf clover in a field. He finds
2 four-leaf clovers during the first
12 minutes of his search. If Nathaniel
spends a total of 180 minutes searching
in the field, predict the number of fourleaf clovers Nathaniel will find.
c. There are 29,000 households in
Oyster Bay. If the town wishes to
purchase survival kits for all
households that do not currently have
one, predict the number of kits it will
have to purchase.
30 clovers
Chapter 7
about 5075 kits
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Glencoe Geometry
Lesson 7-1
Ratios and Proportions