document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=239889>Question 239889</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> how would you solve a cross multipliction for a proportion \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "here is the promble :  \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "4 apples      12 apples<BR>\n" );
document.write( "--------- =   -----------<BR>\n" );
document.write( "$1.60              X </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "What's a \"promble\"?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Cross-multiply:  The numerator on the left times the denominator on the right (for your situation that would be 4 times X) is equal to the denominator on the right times the numerator on the left (1.60 X 12).  You end up with:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ 4x\ =\ 1.6\,\times\,12\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Just solve for <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large x\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "John<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE e^{i\pi} + 1 = 0\"><BR>\n" );
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