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Find the proportion 32/4=b+4/3

User Ebolton
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If you would like to solve the equation 32/4 = b + 4/3, you can do this using the following steps:

32/4 = b + 4/3
8 = b + 4/3
b = 8 - 4/3
b = 24/3 - 4/3
b = 20/3

The correct result would be b = 20/3.

Otherwise:
32/4 = (b+4)/3
8 = (b + 4)/3 /*3
8 * 3 = b + 4
24 = b + 4
b = 24 - 4
b = 20

The correct result would be b = 20.
User Wisbucky
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Hello,
And where are parenthesis ?
If it is a proportion we must have 4 terms
So the equation is


(32)/(4) = (b+4)/(3) \\ ==\textgreater \ (8)/(1) = (b+4)/(3) \\ ==\textgreater \ b+4 = 3*8 \\ ==\textgreater \ b = 24-4 \\ ==\textgreater \ b= 20\\




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