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McGraw Hill Integrated II, 2012

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1. Ratios and Proportions

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Exercise 50 Page 549

You can solve the proportion by using the Cross Products Property.

C

Practice makes perfect

To solve the proportion, let's start by using the Cross Products Property, then apply the Division Property of Equality.

x/- 8=12/6

Cross multiply

x(6)=- 8(12)

Multiply

6x=- 96

.LHS /6.=.RHS /6.

x=- 16

Therefore, the correct option is C.

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