Lindsey took a total of 8 quizzes over the course of 2 weeks. After attending 5 weeks of school this

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    math_celebrity Administrator Staff Member

    Lindsey took a total of 8 quizzes over the course of 2 weeks. After attending 5 weeks of school this quarter, how many quizzes will Lindsey have taken in total? Assume the relationship is directly proportional.

    Since the relationship is directly proportional, set up a proportion of quizzes to weeks, where q is the number of quizzes Lindsey will take in 5 weeks:
    8/2 = q/5

    We type this proportion into our search engine, and we get:
    q = 20

    Another way to look at this is, Lindsey takes 8 quizzes over 2 weeks. This means she takes 4 per week since 8/2 = 4.

    So if she takes 4 quizzes per week, then in 5 weeks, she takes 4*5 = 20 quizzes.
     

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