How Do You Solve a Proportion Using Cross Products?

How Do You Solve a Proportion Using Cross Products?

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Want to solve a percent proportion? Just use the means extremes property of proportions to cross multiply! Solve for the variable, and you have your answer! Learn how with this tutorial.

Keywords:

  • problem
  • percent
  • percent proportion
  • cross multiply
  • means extremes
  • solve
  • fraction

Background Tutorials

  • use a problem-solving model that incorporates analyzing given information, formulating a plan or strategy, determining a solution, justifying the solution, and evaluating the problem-solving process and the reasonableness of the solution

Further Exploration

  • Apply the definition of similarity in terms of a dilation to identify similar figures and their proportional sides and the congruent corresponding angles

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