SOLUTION: how do I build up fractions like 5/7 = ?/98 do not understand how to do this please explain
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Question 280177: how do I build up fractions like 5/7 = ?/98 do not understand how to do this please explain
Found 3 solutions by stanbon, richwmiller, solver91311:
Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
how do I build up fractions like 5/7 = ?/98 do not understand how to do this please explain
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5/7 = ?/98
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What was 7 multiplied by to become 98?
Answer: 7x = 98
x = 14
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So, multiply numerator and denominator of 5/7 by 14 to get:
(5/7)(14/14) = 70/98
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Cheers,
Stan H.
Answer by richwmiller(17219) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
5/7=x/98
7x=5*98
x=5*98/7
x=70
5*14/7*14=70/98
5/7=70/98
Answer by solver91311(24713) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
There are a couple of ways to look at this.
First is you can consider having multiplied 
by 1 in the form of 
, like this:
\left(\frac{a}{a}\right))
to obtain some number over 98. That means that 
must equal 98. And that means you can determine the value of 
by dividing 98 by 7. Once you have the value of you can multiply that by 5 to get the numerator you don't know.
The other way is to look a this like a proportion:
Cross-multiply:
and then just solve for 
which is your missing numerator.
John
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