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sergiy2304 [10]
3 years ago
6

Why can you use cross products to solve the proportion 18/5 equals x/100 for x?

Mathematics
1 answer:
blondinia [14]3 years ago
5 0
18    x
--- = ----
5      100

18×100 = 5×x

1800 = 5x
-------    ----
   5          5

360 = x
Hope this helps!!!
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