document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=67903>Question 67903</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Looking for help on solving proportion problem (6th grade math) 1.2/9 = c/1.5 .    How do you solve this when you have mixed number?  Another example we WERE able to solve is 3/4 = 12/b by cross cancelling (i.e., 4x12=3xb, 48=3b, 48/3=3b/3, 16=b.  We just cannot figure out how to do this with a numerator that is a decimal???  \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "cross multiply to get: <BR>\n" );
document.write( "9c=1.2*1.5<BR>\n" );
document.write( "9c=1.8<BR>\n" );
document.write( "c=0.2<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Stan H>\r<BR>\n" );
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