Question

Find the missing value in the given equivalent ratios. 8:7=____: 56

Answer 1

Let the missing number be "x". So, we can write,

`(8)/(7)=(x)/(56)`

We can easily solve for the unknown number (x) by cross multiplying and doing a bit of algebra.

The steps are shown below:

`\begin{gathered} (8)/(7)=(x)/(56) \\ 7x=8*56 \\ 7x=448 \\ x=(448)/(7) \\ x=64 \end{gathered}`