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What does a equal? a/15 = 4/5?

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so in order to solve this we are going to cross multiply:
a 4
--- = --
15 5 so what were are going to do is we will take a and multiply it with 5 and we will take 15 and multiply it with 4. Now this gives us 5a and 60 so our new equation is:
5a = 60 now we are going to get our variable alone by dividing it by 5 and what we do on one side of the equation we do on the other:
5a = 60
÷5 ÷5 this gives us a=12
hope this answer helps
User Andrian Durlestean
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(a)/(15) = (4)/(5)
Multiplying each side by 15 gives;
a=
(4)/(5) *15
a=12
User Justin Emgarten
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