4/3 + 3/4
Make the denominator the same: 12
16/12 + 9/12
= 25/12
Turn that into a mixed number:
= 2 1/25
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All proportions have <u>this</u> <u>form</u>:
, Where
is equal to
.
If
, it's <u>not</u> a proportion.
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Here we have two pairs of numbers:
40,10 and 32,8.
Written As a <u>proportion</u>, they <em>look like</em> :

Hope this made sense to you :)

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Answer:
use the distributive property to distribute the 8
-16+16n+3n=40+5n
-16+19n=40+5n
-16=40+5n-19n
-16=40-14n
-14n+40= -16
-14n= -16-40
-14n= -56
n= -56/-14
n= 4