Question

What is the value of x?
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x= in.

Answer 1

The answer is 24in.

Explanation:

My explanation isn't very useful, I just looked at the image and say that 5in was 1/3 of 15in. therefore I multiplied 8in by 3 and got 24in.

I hope this helps!

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Answer 2

x=24

Explanation:

We can use proportions to solve this problem

5 15

------ = -------------

8 x

Using cross products

5 * x = 8 *15

Divide by 5

5x/5 = 8*15/5

x = 8*3

x =24