Problem:
A bar graph shows the number of hamburgers sold by a fast food chain each season. However, the bar indicating the number sold during the winter is covered by a smudge. If exactly of the chain's hamburgers are sold in the fall, how many million hamburgers are sold in the winter?
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Solution:
If the fall sales of million hamburgers are of the yearly sales, then the yearly sales are million hamburgers. Thus the winter sales are
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