Big Ideas Math: Modeling Real Life, Grade 7
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4. Writing and Solving Proportions
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Exercise 12 Page 208

Use the Multiplication Property of Equality to eliminate the division.

z=5, see solution.

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Notice that in the given equation z is only present within the numerator of a single fraction. 1/4 = z/20 Let's use the Multiplication Property of Equality and multiply multiply both sides of the equation by 20. This will eliminate the denominator of the fraction and isolate z.
1/4 = z/20
20 * 1/4 = 20 * z/20
20 * 1/4 = z
20/4 = z
5 = z
z=5