3p : 8s
1p : (8/3)s
So for every one 'p' there is (8/3) 's'
Ratio of p to s is 1 : 8/3
Answer:
That would be 4.0
Step-by-step explanation:
if you have 4.2 take away 0.2 that would be 4.0
4.2
0.2
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4.0
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The error is in the second step they subtracted 3 from both sides but it was a 3x, which you can not do.
Correction.
9x+18+3x=1
12x+18=1
12x=-17
x=-17/12