How do you solve $\frac{22}{x} = \frac{11}{30}$ $22/x=11/30$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2017-01-08T13:23:49

$x = 60$ $x=60$

We can solve this a couple of different ways.

Let's first solve by cross multiplication:

$\frac{22}{x} = \frac{11}{30}$ $22/x=11/30$

$11 x = 30 \times 22$ $11x=30xx22$

$x=(30xx22)/11=(30xxcancel22^2)/cancel11=60$

We can also solve it by using a creative use of the number 1:

$22/x=11/30(1)$

$22/x=11/30(2/2)$

$22/x=22/60$

And so by observation we see $x=60$

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