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when i scsn my pic of my question it wants me to crop the picture when i try to crop it the whole page dissappears im getting reslly annoyed help??????

User Serine
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Let a be the missing value. Then,


2(3)/(12)+(3)/(a)=2(5)/(8)

Therefore,


(3)/(a)=2(5)/(8)-2(3)/(12)=2(5)/(8)-2(1)/(4)=2(5)/(8)-2(2)/(8)=(2-2)(5-2)/(8)=(3)/(8)

That is


\begin{gathered} (3)/(a)=(3)/(8) \\ \text{ Hence,} \\ a=8 \end{gathered}

Therefore, the missing value is 8

User Dauren Akilbekov
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