document.write( "Question 717828: I was 9 years old when I told a friend I was half a man, so he started calling me point 5. Now that I've turned 10 what would I be in decipals if 18 is a man? I said point 8 \n" ); document.write( "

Algebra.Com's Answer #440561 by Edwin McCravy(20055) $\"\"$ $\"About$

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document.write( "Either this way:\r\n" );
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document.write( "10 is to x as 9 is to .5\r\n" );
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document.write( " 9x = 10·.5\r\n" );
document.write( " 9x = 5 \r\n" );
document.write( "  x =  ≈ .555556\r\n" );
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document.write( "or this way:\r\n" );
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document.write( "10 is to x as 18 is to 1\r\n" );
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document.write( "18x = 10\r\n" );
document.write( "  x = \r\n" );
document.write( "  x =  ≈ .555556\r\n" );
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document.write( "Edwin

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