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eight oranges are $1.00 how much would 5 dozen oranges cost?

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eight oranges are $1.00 how much would 5 dozen oranges cost?

Set up a proportion of oranges to cost where c is the cost for 5 dozen = 60 oranges:
8/1 = 60/c

To solve this proportion, we type it in our search engine and we get:
c = 7.5
 
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