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A student finished 72 of her homework problems in class. If the ratio of problems she finished to problems she still had left was 8 : 1, how many homework problems did she have …

A student finished 72 of her homework problems in class. If the ratio of problems she finished to problems she still had left was 8 : 1, how many homework problems did she have …
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A student finished 72 of her homework problems in class. If the ratio of problems she finished to problems she still had left was 8 : 1, how many homework problems did she have total?

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User Andrii Bogachenko
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81 problems in total.
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User Thomas Kammeyer
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72/x = 8/1

72 = 8x

x = 9 ?
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