Ace in pudge pink cucumbers to earn money to attend Bible college pudge picked 3 pounds for every 4 pounds ace picked if ace picked 716 pounds how many pounds did pudge pick
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Pudge picked 537 pounds of cucumber. Step-by-step explanation:Ratio of picking cucumbers, Pudge to Ace = 3:4Cucumbers picked by Ace = 716 poundsLet, x be the cucumbers picked by pudge.New ratio of pudge to ace = x:716Using proportion;Ratio of pudge to ace :: New ratio of pudge to ace[tex]3:4::x:716[/tex]Product of mean = Product of extreme[tex]4*x=3*716\\4x=2148[/tex]Dividing both sides by 4[tex]\frac{4x}{4}=\frac{2148}{4}\\x=537[/tex]Pudge picked 537 pounds of cucumber. Keywords: Ratio, proportionLearn more about proportions at:brainly.com/question/2840217brainly.com/question/2845907#LearnwithBrainly
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