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ACT Math: Pre-Algebra Drill 1.2. What proportion of Jenna's day is spent Wii-swimming?
ACT Math: Pre-Algebra Drill 5, Problem 5. How many red cards must be added so that the proportion of red cards is one half?
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ACT Math: Pre-Algebra Drill 5, Problem 5. How many red cards must be added so that the proportion of red cards is one half?
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- 00:03
Here's your shmoop du jour:
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A box of cards contains 23 red and 30 black cards. Must have been made in China.
- 00:10
How many red cards must be added so that the
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proportion of red cards is 1/2?
- 00:16
And here are the potential answers...
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- 00:22
So... we're not dealing with a standard deck of playing cards. Kind of hard to play
- 00:25
"Go Fish" with only one eight.
- 00:27
Okay, so here's a scale: 23 cards on the left -- red ones; 30 cards on the right -- black ones.
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To get the red cards to be half of the total, or equal to the black cards...
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...we need to have just as many of them as we have black cards.
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We can just add 7 of 'em, and then we'll have 30 of each.
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And that's all there is to it. Answer: D.
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As in, "Deck of Card."
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