Solve the following proportion. x/10 = 4/8

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Elisa Rasmussen

Mathematics

2 March, 17:52

Solve the following proportion. x/10 = 4/8

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Kale Huff · Answer 1

5/10=0.5 4/8/10=0.5 5 is your answer

Shawn Macias · Answer 2

One way to go about this is cross multiplication: multiply both sides by both denominators to remove the denominators.

x/10 = 4/8

x/10 * 10 * 8 = 4/8 * 10 * 8

8x = 40

Now the equation is in a form you can solve easier.

8x = 40

x = 5