SOLUTION: Please help I do not understand this problem and here it is: build each Rational expression into an equivalent rational expression with the indicated denominator. -7yt/3x

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Question 171949: Please help I do not understand this problem and here it is: build each Rational expression into an equivalent rational expression with the indicated denominator.
-7yt/3x= (?)/18xyt

Answer by Mathtut(3670) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
basically they want you to cross multiply....this is like a direct proportion problem....and your solving for one of the unknowns....lets call our unknown(?)...z
:
-7yt%2F3x=z%2F18xyt
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to solve for z just cross multiply the -7yt term with the 18xyt term
:
%28-7yt%29%286cross%2818%29cross%28x%29yt%29%2Fcross%283%29cross%28x%29=z
:
highlight%28z=-42y%5E2t%5E2%29