SOLUTION: Find the missing terms x:y:7=6:8:20

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Question 1206961: Find the missing terms
x:y:7=6:8:20
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The last number in the first set is 7/20 of the last number in the third set; so each number in the first set is 7/20 of the corresponding number in the second set.

x = 6*(7/20)
y = 8*(7/20)

Perform the multiplications and express the results in whatever form is required.