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Ravi needs to memorize words on a vocabulary list for Russian class. He has memorized 12 of the words, which is two-thirdsof the list. How many words are on the list?

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The number of words in the list we'll call it 'x'

We can write this problem as a equation:

[tex]\frac{2}{3}x=12[/tex]

To find the total number of words on the list we clear 'x':

[tex]2x=12\times3[/tex][tex]x=\frac{12\times3}{2}[/tex][tex]x=18[/tex]

The list has a total of 18 words.

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