Geometry: Common Core (15th Edition)

Published by Prentice Hall
ISBN 10: 0133281159
ISBN 13: 978-0-13328-115-6

Chapter 7 - Similarity - 7-1 Ratios and Proportions - Practice and Problem-Solving Exercises - Page 438: 51

Answer

$ 2(a + 5) = 5(b + 2) $ $ 2a + 10 = 5b + 10 $ $ 2a + 5b $ $ a/5 = b/2 $

Work Step by Step

1) First, you write out the first equation and set them equal to each other. 2) Distribute what is outside of the parenthesis into the variables inside the parenthesis. 3) Then you subtract ten from one side and get 2a = 5b 4) Lastly, you flip the denominators and put a and b on top so it looks like a/5 and b/2
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