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50 dimes = 4 ounces
300 dimes = w ounces
[tex]\begin{gathered} \frac{50}{300}=\frac{4}{w} \\ \frac{1}{6}=\frac{4}{w} \\ w=24 \end{gathered}[/tex]300 dimes = 24 ounces
the proportion is 1/6 =4/w