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In 15 days, the earth picks up 1.2 x 108 kg of dust from the atmosphere. In how many days it will pick up 4.8 x 108 kg of dust?

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Let the number of days is x

Weight of dust(pounds)1.2 x 1084.8 x 108
Time(days)15x

\(\frac{1.2\times 10^8}{15}\) = \(\frac{4.8\times 10^8}{x}\)

On cross multiplication, we get

1.2 x 108 x x = 15 x 4.8 x 108

x = \(\frac{15\times 4.8\times 10^8}{1.2 \times 10^8}\) = 60

Therefore the number of days required to pick up the dust is 60 days



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