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Sam and Jesse can wash 5 cars each hour. they work for 7 hours each day over 2 days. how many cars did Sam and Jesse wash?

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[tex]5\ cars\ in \ hour\\ x\ cars\ in\ 7*2\ hours\\\\ making\ proportion:\\ 5-1\\ x- 14\\\\ cross\ multiplication\\\\ 5*14=x\\\\ 70=x\\\\ They\ washed\ 70\ cars.[/tex]
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Answer:

Sam and Jesse can wash 70 cars in 2 days.

Step-by-step explanation:

Sam and Jesse can wash 5 cars each hour or in one hour both Sam and Jesse can wash 5 cars.

They work for 7 hours each day over 2 days. So the total number of hours that they worked is [tex]7\times 2[/tex] hours.

Hence, in 14 hours Sam and Jesse can wash,

[tex]=14\times 5[/tex]

[tex]=70\ hours[/tex]

Therefore, working both Sam and Jesse can wash 70 cars in 2 days.

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