SOLUTION: x-r-3/y-s-5 = r/s = 3/5. What is the value of x/y?
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Question 123467: x-r-3/y-s-5 = r/s = 3/5. What is the value of x/y?
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Start with the second equation
Cross multiply
Now move onto the first equation
Replace with
Cross multiply
Disrtribute
Plug in
Add 3s to both sides. Add 15 to both sides.
Combine like terms
Divide both sides by y
Divide both sides by 3
Answer:
So
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