SOLUTION: If (2x-y)/y = 5/3, then find the ratio of x : y .
PLEASE HELP!
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Question 584979: If (2x-y)/y = 5/3, then find the ratio of x : y .
PLEASE HELP!
Answer by ankor@dixie-net.com(22740) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
If = , then find the ratio of x : y .
:
=
Cross multiply
5y = 3(2x-y)
5y = 6x - 3y
5y + 3y = 6x
8y = 6x
divide both sides by y
8 =
divide both sides by 6
+
We can reduce the fraction and write it
=
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