A rate often involves time: e. g., 33 feet per second; also, we are finding the ratio of one type of measurement with respect to another: distance and time.
A proportion is often the ratio of different measures of the same thing:
e. g. 5 apples
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7 apples
The runner ran 5/6 then he ran 9/10 more how much did he run in all
5 minutes
32/160 = 0.2 mile/min
0.2x = 1
0.2x/0.2 = 1/0.5
x = 5
5 minutes
I can help! Do you have an example problem that I can show you step by step?
C. a-3x=0
Equations are like a balance scale. There needs to be an “=“
