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Can someone please explain to me how to find proportions? A slow yet simple explanation with and without variables? And possibly provide an example of each? (showing what you did to get yes/no) 7/6, 52/48 **yes or no ^^^provide a shown example on how you got the answer** and 5/a, 30/54

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Answer:

The most basic way is to divide and multiply.

For example, if you say there are 50 candy pieces and the proportion of hard to chewy is 2 to 3, you would add variables to make it easier to comprehend.

2x to 3x

Total of 5x = 50

x = 10

So you know there are 2(10) = 20 hard candies and 3(10) chewy candies.

Another scenario could be 20 hard candies and 30 chewy candies form to make a basket and you want to make another with the same proportion. If you have already 50 hard, you want to find how many chewy.

First, simplify to get 2:3 for the already made.

Place in a fraction as 2/3

Substitute x in for the chewy and get 50/x (*** IMPORTANT: Keep the same on both fractions, constant by either doing the chewy/ hard or hard/ chewy)

Place side by side

2/ 50/

3 x

You can cross multiply and get

2x = 150

x = 75

You would need 75 chewy candies!

Now, answers....

The first example is NOT because 7 x 48 doesn't equal 6 x 52. Also, 6 x 8 = 48 but 7 x 8 doesn't equal 52.

Secondly, 5 x 6 is 30, so you know you need to multiply the bottom by 6.

6a = 54

a = 9

Hooe this helps! :)

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