Question

1. Solve for x in the following proportion:
3/7 = 2/x
A. x = 14
B. x = 7
C. x = 21/2
D. x = 14/3


2. A map is scaled so that 1 cm on the map is equal to 15 actual miles. If two cities on the map are 10 cm apart, proportion would you use to solve the problem?
A. map/actual = 1/15 = 10/x

Answer 1

d answer of first one

Answer 2

B. map/actual = 15/1 = 10/x
C. map/actual = 15/1 = x/10
D. map/actual = x/15 = 10/1

Answer 3

its again cross multiply

Answer 4

answers for 2 .

Answer 5

what do i cross multiply though ? are you talking about the 2nd one ?

Answer 6

no the first one is about cross multiply

Answer 7

is there any value given for x

Answer 8

ohhhh . i see !

okay i was really confused on that .

Answer 9

no there isn't any /:

Answer 10

i think it should be d

Answer 11

alright . i appreciate you for trying to help me out though ! (:

Answer 12

@alainabbyboo22 its d i am sure
look
if 1 cm is 15 miles then 10 cm is 150 miles
so when we solve all the given equations
we see the correct answer is only occurring in d
there fore its D. :)

Answer 13

you're awesome , just throwing that out there (: i seriously can't thank you enough for the help !

Answer 14

don't bother open study is meant for helping others :)
and i also love toooo

Answer 15

(: