Elementary Technical Mathematics

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

Chapter 7 - Review - Page 290: 11

Answer

$$x=106.$$

Work Step by Step

To solve the proportion, we put the product of the means equal to the product of the extremes as follows: $$\frac{73.4}{x}=\frac{25.9}{37.4}\Longrightarrow x\times 25.9= 73.4\times 37.4\Longrightarrow x=\frac{73.4\times 37.4}{25.9}=105.99 \approx 106$$
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