math anyone? please can someone show me how to do this?

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math anyone? please can someone show me how to do this?

acorns varied directly as walnuts and inversely as squirrels squared. when there were 28 acorns, there were 7 walnuts and 3 squirrels. how many acorns were there when there were 4 walnuts but only 2 squirrels?

2007-09-24 13:41:31 · 1 answers · asked by mandy 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Mathematics

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a x s^2 / w is a constant

28 x 3^2 / 7 = a x 2^2 / 4

a = 28 x 9 / 7 = 36

2007-09-24 13:46:09 · answer #1 · answered by norman 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋