Answer:
Step-by-step explanation:
desktop:laptop
2:9
(REMEMBER: VARIABLES ARE USED TO REPRESENT UNKNOWN NUMBERS)
I like to think of this like a slope. Whatever you multiply or divide x by to get the next, you have to do y.
Example:
Think of the number left of the colon symbol (:) as x and the number on the right as y
x:y
↓
2:5
↓ (multiply x and y by 2)
4:10
SOO in this scenario 2 is x and 9 is y.
x:y
↓
2:9
↓
TO GET FROM 9 to 108, we have to multiply 9 (y) by 12 SO to get the answer we'd have to ALSO multiply 2 (x) by 12 as well.
↓
(answer):108
↓
answer = 2 times 12
↓
answer=24
SO if there were 108 laptop computers, there would be 24 desktop computers.
To check our answer, we can look at these like equivalent fractions.
Does:
[tex]\frac{2}{9}= \frac{24}{108}[/tex]
if we simplify 24/108, then yes! 2/9 does equal 24/108 so our answer is correct.
