SOLUTION: Please help me with these..I'm beginning courses and don't even know where to begin! 9/6=x/8 If the total cost of x apples is b cents, what is a general formula for the cos

Question 143682: Please help me with these..I'm beginning courses and don't even know where to begin!
9/6=x/8
If the total cost of x apples is b cents, what is a general formula for the cost, in cents, of y apples?
Answer by rapaljer(4671) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Remember that means that .

Likewise, means that

Divide both sides by 6:

You can generalize this to say , and solve for "cents." Does this make "cents" to you ???

means that

Solve for "cents":

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