<h2><u>
PROPORTIONAL EQUATION</u></h2><h3>Exercise</h3>
Apply the means-extremes property of proportions: this allows you to cross multiply:


Apply the distributive property:



Add 24 to both sides:


Substract 3x to both sides



<h3><u>Answer</u>. The value of x = 24.</h3>
<h2>Firstly, we let for the number to be any number or letter.</h2>
Step-by-step explanation:
The above pictures shows working.
14/2.99=1/x
14x=2.99(1)
x=2.99/14
x=0.213571429