SOLUTION: Find the missing number in the proportion: n/8 = 1/3 Thank you.

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Question 426166: Find the missing number in the proportion: n/8 = 1/3

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Hi

solving for n

n%2F8+=+1%2F3     | Cross Multiplying 

  3n = 8

   n = 8/3  OR 2 2/3