First, subtract 7 from both sides.
8a=24
Then, divide each side by 8.
a=3
2 x
----- = ------
3 15
cross multiply
(3)(x) = (15)(2)
3x = 30
x = 30/3
x = 10
so 2/3 = 10/15.......notice how these are equivalent fractions....that is because proportions are nothing but equivalent fractions
50 meters
Explanation
you can easily solve this by using a rule of three.
Step 1
Let
x represents the length of the actual lawn
then
the proportion is the same, so
Step 2
so, the length is 50 meters
Something similar from the book and the movie is the flashes of color that he sees, in the girls hair, and in the apple, his first color was red
