SOLUTION: im rtying to solve this...x over 18= 20 over 24, solve for x

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Question 247432: im rtying to solve this...x over 18= 20 over 24, solve for x
Answer by oberobic(2304) About Me  (Show Source):
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x%2F18+=+20%2F24
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Cross multiply
24x+=+20%2A18+=+360
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Divide both sides by 24
x = 15
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Or you can do it step by step...
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Multiply both sides by 18
%2818x%29%2F18+=+%2818%2A20%29%2F24%29
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The 18's on the left side cancel, so we have
x+=+%2818%2A20%29%2F24
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Looking to the right, we see that we can simplify it
x+=+360%2F24
x+=+15