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Four cooks cleaned 5 kg of potatoes for 10 minutes. How many cook would have to work clean 9 kg of potatoes for 12 minutes?

Correct result:

x =  6

Solution:


12x/9 = 4•10/5

12•x/9 = 4•10/5

60x = 360

x = 6

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