document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=112629>Question 112629</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Write the proportion 5 is to 8 as 15 is to 24.  \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Would the answer to this be  5/8 = 15/24 ? Help please.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #82123 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=bucky><B>bucky(2189)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=bucky><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=82123\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> You would be correct.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "You could read the word \"to\" as \"over\" ... so the problem could be interpreted as:<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "5 is over 8 as 15 is over 24<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Then put 5 over 8 and set it equal to 15 over 24 ... just as you did to get:<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Notice that in your answer ... if you multiplied the numerator 5 by 3 and its denominator 8<BR>\n" );
document.write( "also by 3 the left hand side of the proportion is the same as the right hand side ... that is <BR>\n" );
document.write( "you have:<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "just as it should be ... both sides of the equation are equal.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Good job!!! Your answer is correct!<BR>\n" );
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