How do you find the ratio of x to y if 2x=3y?

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smendyka
Jan 4, 2017

Solve for x/y. See below for full explanation.

Explanation:

To find the ratio we need to solve this equation for x/y: To do this we must divide each side of the equation by color(red)(2)color(blue)(y) which will give us x/y while keeping the equation balance.

(2x)/(color(red)(2)color(blue)(y)) = (3y)/(color(red)(2)color(blue)(y))

(color(red)(cancel(color(black)(2)))x)/(cancel(color(red)(2))color(blue)(y)) = (3 color(blue)(cancel(color(balck)(y))))/(color(red)(2)cancel(color(blue)(y)))

x/y = 3/2

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