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Solve the proportional equation 2/3 = x/15

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  2            x
 -----  =  ------
  3           15

cross multiply
(3)(x) = (15)(2)
3x = 30
x = 30/3
x = 10

so 2/3 = 10/15.......notice how these are equivalent fractions....that is because proportions are nothing but equivalent fractions
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