SOLUTION: 4 balloons = 1/12 of a heart _____balloons = 1/6 of a heart

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Question 1184090: 4 balloons = 1/12 of a heart
_____balloons = 1/6 of a heart
Found 2 solutions by MathLover1, MathTherapy:
Answer by MathLover1(20850) About Me  (Show Source):
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let balloons=b and heart=h
given
4b=+%281%2F12%29+h+
find
x%2Ab=+%281%2F6%29h
4b=+%281%2F12%29+h+........solve for h
4b%2F+%281%2F12%29+=h+
h=12%2A4b....................eq.1
x%2Ab=+%281%2F6%29h............substitute h
x%2Ab=+%281%2F6%29%2812%2A4b%29
x%2Ab=++2%2A4b..........simplify
x=++8
=>
8b=+%281%2F6%29h

so,
4 balloons = 1%2F12 of a heart
8 balloons = 1%2F6 of a heart




Answer by MathTherapy(10552) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
4 balloons = 1/12 of a heart
_____balloons = 1/6 of a heart
This is EASY as ABC.

Set this up as a PROPORTION: , with B being number of balloons

                              matrix%281%2C3%2C+B+%2A+%281%2F12%29%2C+%22=%22%2C+4+%2A+%281%2F6%29%29 ------ Cross-multiplying