SOLUTION: given that a:b=3:1 and b:c=2:3,find the ratio of a:c?

SOLUTION: given that a:b=3:1 and b:c=2:3,find the ratio of a:c?

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Question 347842: given that a:b=3:1 and b:c=2:3,find the ratio of a:c?

Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Since a:b=3:1, we know that . Cross multiply to get . Then solve for 'b' to get

In addition, we know that b:c=2:3 which tells us that . We can then plug in to get . From here, simplify the equation and get it into the form where 'k' and 'm' are some expressions. I'll let you take it from here.
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