SOLUTION: Dear tutor i'm studying for the GRE and i'm having a lot of trouble translating the math word problems into an equation. this is the problem that I have: If the ratio of 2x to

Question 176352: Dear tutor i'm studying for the GRE and i'm having a lot of trouble translating the math word problems into an equation.
this is the problem that I have:
If the ratio of 2x to 5y is 3 to 4, waht is the ratio of X to Y?
also if you have any tricks that could help me translate these problems into equations i would really appreciate it.
Thank you very much and have a wonderful day
Found 2 solutions by Fombitz, jojo14344:
Answer by Fombitz(32388) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let's look at the language.
"is" means equals (=)
"ratio of 2x to 5y" means

Let's put it all together.

You're looking for

Multiply both sides of eq. 1 by (5/2),

Answer by jojo14344(1513) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

Given:
Cross multiply---->
divide both by :
--->

Now putting this into Equation:

cross multiply:
----->
We'll see the graph:
------> see point: & as per our Ratio above.
thank you,
Jojo
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