Question

You can buy 3 T-shirts for $24. Write a proportion that gives the cost c of buying 7 T-shirts. $$

Answer 1

3/24 = 7/x

c = $56

Explanation:

A percent proportion is just basically a ratio, I could also write this as 3:24 = 7:x, it really doesn't matter. What does matter is that this is considered a percent proportion. Now, to solve a percent proportion, we have this formula.

a/b = c/d

Say b is the unknown value, we would do (a*d)/c, say a was the unknown value, we would do (b*c)/d, Basically, A and D are linked together and B and C are linked together so you take the two values that are linked together first, multiply them together, and divide by the pair that has a partner that is unknown.