Question

32/8 = 28/x a. x=4 b. x=28 c. x=8

Answer 1

x=7

Explanation:

We want to solve

`(32)/(8) = (28)/(x)`

for x.

Let us cross multiply to get:

`32x = 8 * 28`

We now divide both sides by 32 to get:

`x = (8 * 28)/(32)`

We do some cancellations:

`x = (28)/(4) = 7`