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Rates, Ratios, and Proportions

The ratio of the number of bones in a human’s ears to the number of bones in the skull is 3:11. There are 22 bones in the skull. How many bones are in the ears? Write a ratio comparing bones in ears to bones in skull. Write a proportion. Let x be the number of bones in ears. Since x is divided by 22, multiply both sides of the equation by 22.