document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=121521>Question 121521</A>This question is from textbook <A HREF=http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1565771494/algebrahomeworkh>algebra 1/2 an incremental development</A><BR>\n" );
document.write( ": <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> the ratio of students who rode horses to school to students who walked to school was 2 to 9. if 18 students walked to school, how many rode horses to school? </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #89179 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Earlsdon><B>Earlsdon(6294)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Earlsdon><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=89179\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> You can set up a proportion to help sovle this kind of problem:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Let H = the number of students who rode horses to school and W = the number of students who walked to school, then you can write:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=H%2FW+=+2%2F9 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"H%2FW+=+2%2F9\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "Now you can substitute the W with 18 since that is the number of students who walked to school:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=H%2F18+=+2%2F9 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"H%2F18+=+2%2F9\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > Now you can solve this for H, the number of students who rode horses to school:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=H%2F18+=+2%2F9 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"H%2F18+=+2%2F9\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > Multiply both sides by 18.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=H+=+2%2818%29%2F9 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"H+=+2%2818%29%2F9\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=H+=+4 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"H+=+4\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "The number of who rode horses to school was 4.\r<BR>\n" );
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