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What's the answer for proportions 5/r-9=8/r+5

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Is it like this ?


\text{ }\frac{5}{r\text{ - 9}}\text{ = }\frac{8}{r\text{ + 5}}\text{ ???}
\begin{gathered} \text{ 8(r - 9) = 5(r + 5)} \\ \text{ 8r - 72 = 5r + 25} \end{gathered}
\begin{gathered} \text{ 8r - 5r = 72 + 25} \\ \text{ 3r = 97} \\ \text{ r = }(97)/(3) \end{gathered}

The result is r = 97/3

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