The graph shows the number of short stories some students want to write during a language arts class this summer.
Stories
Blake
Mary
Lamar
Reina
0
16
8
Number
If the number of short stories Blake wants to write increases to 12, how many total stories should the students
write to keep the ratio of Blake's stories to total stories the same?
56
64
52
60

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0.16 or 16%

step-by-step explanation:

lets take a coin for example.

if you toss it twice, it has a 1/4 chance of landing on heads both times because 1/2 * 1/2 is 1/4.

with the cards, the chance of picking dog is 0.4. having two people pick one is like picking a card twice in a row. so 0.4 * 0.4 is 0.16, or 16%

because linear equations are a lot simpler than quadratics equations, and linear equations formula is a lot easier to memorize. that's why i think they're harder.