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Solve the proportion

Solve the proportion-example-1

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First simplify 8/16 to 1/2
So you now have b/5 = 1/2

Then you cross multiply

Which is now 2b=5
Divide 2b by 2
And 5 by 2

And now b will equal the fraction 5/2
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