Question 29102: My homework problems are all similar to this and I don't know how to solve them. Could you show me the steps to solve it?
6/5 = 90/x Found 2 solutions by Earlsdon, ms.jennifer:Answer by Earlsdon(6294) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Solve: Multiply both sides of the equation by the mutiplicative inverse of 6/5, that's 5/6 Simplify. Now multiply both sides by x.
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Formulas when solving for x in fraction problems set equal to each other.
a/b=c/x
b*c/a=x
x/a=b/c
a*b/c=x
a/x=b/c
a*c/b=x
a/b=x/c
a*c/b=x
ok you have 6/5=90/x
So your formale is b*c/a=x
a=6 b=5 c=90
plug into the eqaution you get
5*90/6=x
450/6=x
75=x
By:Ms. Jennifer
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