Equations with Ratios and Proportions - Page 2
Questions
- How do you solve #v/20=8/4#?
- A machine can produce 27 inches of ribbon every 3 minutes. How many feet of ribbon can the machine make in one hour?
- A drum of kerosene oil is 3/4 full. When 15 litres of oil is drawn from it, it is 7/12 full.Find the total capacity of the drum ?
- How do you simplify to tell whether the ratios #1/2, 3/6# form a proportion?
- As part of a competition a whole school years of 420 pupils were asked to write an essay. They could choose from 3 general topics that were: Science, English and a story. If #1/3# of them chose Science and #1/6# chose English how many chose story?
- How do you solve #[6 / (X-1)] = [4 / (X+1)]#?
- Nate made a model of the USS Massachusetts Battleship that is 3 feet long. If the actual battleship is 681 feet long, what scale did he use?
- Working alone, it takes Maria nine hours to dig a 10 ft by 10 ft hole. Darryl can dig the same hole in ten hours. How long would it take them if they worked together?
- I tried to solve this distance speed and time question, but I got quite stumped?
- How do you solve #(4x-2)/(x-6) = -x/(x+5)# and find any extraneous solutions?
- How do you solve #(n-8)/n=7/9#?
- A ship left a port and sailed east at the rate of 30 miles per hour. One hour later, a second ship left the same port at the rate of 40 miles per hour, also traveling east. In how many hours did the second ship overtake the first ship?
- A segment 12" long is divided into two segments having lengths in the ratio of 2:3. How do you find the length of the shortest segment?
- 13 out of 16 students are in grade 8. What proportion could you use to calculate the percent of the students who are in grade 8? Solve your proportion.
- How do you solve ratio and proportion problems?
- How do you solve #11/2=33/(w+24)#?
- How do you solve #(x+2)/6=(x-1)/12#?
- How do you solve #(n-9)/(n+5)=7/4#?
- How do you solve #c/8=11/4#?
- How do you solve #x/9=7/14#?