How do you solve $3/51=z/17$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2017-04-21T14:34:05

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Multiply each side of the equation by $color(red)(17)$ to solve for $z$ :

$color(red)(17) * 3/51 = color(red)(17) * z/17$

$51/51 = cancel(color(red)(17)) * z/color(red)(cancel(color(black)(17)))$

$1 = z$

$z = 1$

$3/51 = color(red)(1)/17$

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