Question

What is the solution to the proportion? 5/8 = m/40

Answer 1

Your answer is 25. You do 40 times 5 divided by 8 or 8 times 5 is 40 and 5 times 5 is 25. Hope this helps

Answer 2

We get the value of m that is 25.

Explanation:

The given proportion is:

`(5)/(8)=(m)/(40)`

Simplifying the above given proportion by cross multiplying, we get

`m=\frac{5{*}40}{8}`

⇒
`m=5{*}5`

⇒
`m=25`

Thus, on simplifying the given proportion, we get the value of m.