document.write( "Question 288315: good morning my name is erika and i am arreturning college i am aot vey good at math so bare with me i understand the basic multi,division but it starts to get complicated. how would i find out step by step how to solve these problems 4/9= /72 \n" ); document.write( "
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4/9 = x/72\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Multiply both sides of the equaion by 72 to clear the denominator on the right side;\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "72*(4/9) = 72*(x/72)
\n" ); document.write( "72*(4/9) = x
\n" ); document.write( "(72/9)*4 = x
\n" ); document.write( "8*4 = x
\n" ); document.write( "x = 32\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "So:\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "4/9 = 32/72\r
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