document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=280317>Question 280317</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> If the ratio of  3x - 7y + 4  to  4x + 3y + 12 is 1/3  then the ratio of x to y is \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "A –18/5    b 5/18    c 2   d 24/5   e none  of these \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "the ratio of 3x-7y+4 to 4x+3y+12 is 1/3 means<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(3x-7y+4)/(4x+3y+12)=1/3<BR>\n" );
document.write( "on cross multiplication<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3*(3x-7y+4)=1*(4x+3y+12)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "9x-21y+12=4x+3y+12 for isolating x we subtract both sides by 4x,3y,12<BR>\n" );
document.write( "9x-21y+12-4x-3y-12=4x+3y+12-4x-3y-12<BR>\n" );
document.write( "5x-24y=0<BR>\n" );
document.write( "again add 24y on both sides\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "5x-24y+24y=0+24y<BR>\n" );
document.write( "5x=24y<BR>\n" );
document.write( "dividing  both sides by 5<BR>\n" );
document.write( "5x/5=24y/5<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=24y/5<BR>\n" );
document.write( "again dividing by y<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x/y=24y/5y<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x/y=24/5<BR>\n" );
document.write( "the answer is d)<BR>\n" );
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