Elementary Technical Mathematics

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

Chapter 8 - Cumulative Review - Page 319: 21

Answer

$\$102.6$

Work Step by Step

We have the proportion $$ \frac{28.5}{5}=\frac{x}{18} .$$ By setting the product of the means and the product of the extremes equal, we have $$ 5\cdot x=28.5\cdot 18\Longrightarrow x=\frac{28.5\cdot 18}{5}=102.6 .$$
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