Question

Fill in the missing proportional value.

I just need to figure out what divided by 10/3 gets me 2.5

If someone could tell me how to find it out that would be really helpful too thanks

Answer 1

8 1/3

Explanation:

We want to find a number, x, that when divided by 10/3 equals 2.5. We can write that as:

x/(10/3) = 2.5

x = (2.5)*(10/3) [MULTIPLY BOTH SIDES BY (10/3)

x = 25/3

x = 8 1/3 [