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if an office of 36 typist uses 12 dozen envelopes per day how many dozen envelope would an office of 125 typists of use?

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Assuming the envelope consumption is proportional to the number of typists, you have ...
(12 dz)/36 = x/125
125*(12 dz)/36 = x = 41 2/3

An office of 125 typists would use 41 2/3 dozen envelopes per day.
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