A store sells 3 categories of kitchen items: cups, bowls, and spoons. There are 5 types of cups, 4 types of bowls, and 2 types of spoons. How many different combinations can you buy in this store of: A set of a bowl, cup, and spoon

in problems involving proportions, we can use cross products to test whether two ratios are equal and form a proportion. to find the cross products of a proportion, we multiply the outer terms, called the extremes, and the middle terms, called the means.

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6mm^3 or .6cm^3

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  36     6

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6     6   6

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