SOLUTION: How do you solve ratios?

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Question 176251: How do you solve ratios?
Answer by Mathtut(3670) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
boy, is that a loaded question...lol
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do you have something specific in mind a ratio, by itself, is just one number over another such as
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1/2 which is 1 to 2..... or 3/4.... 3 to 4
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if you have x/2 then the ration varies depending on x. or you could have x/3=5
in which you would solve for x......in this case x=15
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you could have 2%2F3=x%2F6 in which you are also solving for x. There are so many variations.
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let me know if you have something specific regarding ratio's