SOLUTION: a spring stretches 23 centimeters for every 6 kg of weight By how many centimeters will it stretch if the weight is 15 kg?

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Question 414289: a spring stretches 23 centimeters for every 6 kg of weight By how many centimeters will it stretch if the weight is 15 kg?
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Hi

a spring stretches 23 centimeters for every 6 kg of weight

Let x represent how many centimeters will it stretch if the weight is 15 kg

Question Sets Up the Proprotion

  6kg%2F23cm+=+15kg%2Fx         |Cross multiplying to solve

    6x = 15*23

     x = 15*23/6  

     x = 57.5cm