Five sets of ear buds cost $53.15. How much will 9 sets of ear buds cost?

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    math_celebrity Administrator Staff Member

    Five sets of ear buds cost $53.15. How much will 9 sets of ear buds cost?

    Set up a proportion of earbuds to cost where c is the cost of 9 ear buds:
    5/53.15 = 9/c

    To solve this proportion for c, we type it in our math engine and we get:
    c = 95.67
     

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