Elementary Technical Mathematics

Published by Brooks Cole
ISBN 10: 1285199197
ISBN 13: 978-1-28519-919-1

Chapter 7 - Review - Page 289: 8

Answer

$x=30$

Work Step by Step

To solve the proportion, we put the product of the means equal to the product of the extremes as follows: $$\frac{10}{25}=\frac{x}{75}\Longrightarrow x\times 25= 75\times 10\Longrightarrow x=\frac{750}{25}=30 .$$
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