Question

Y and x have a proportional relationship, and y = 24 when x = 16 What is the value of x when y = 36?

Answer 1

To solve, we need to know by how much y increase to know how much to increase x by:

First step, divide the new value, 36 by the original 24:

36/24 = 1.5

Now, multiply the 1.5 by the x to get the new increase value:

16 x 1.5 = 24 

So, x= 24 when y= 36

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