Pre-Algebra, Student Edition
Pre-Algebra, Student Edition
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Author: McGraw-Hill
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Chapter CSB1.15, Problem 3E
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To find: Whether Detroit had about 4 times as many wins as Chicago or not.

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Answer to Problem 3E

The given statement is not accurate.

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Following graph is provided:

  Pre-Algebra, Student Edition, Chapter CSB1.15, Problem 3E

It can be seen from the above graph that Chicago has about 30 wins whereas Detroit has about 50 wins. This is because the first horizontal line above the horizontal axis represents 30 wins and remaining horizontal lines has gap of 5 wins.

Hence the wins of Detroit are not about 4 times wins of Chicago. Thus the given statement is inaccurate.

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