Proportions
Solve for below:| y | |
| 16 |
| = |
| 16 |
| 256 |
Answer
If 2 proportions are equal to each other, then we can cross multiply to get:
| Numerator 1 | |
| Denominator 1 |
| = |
| Numerator 2 |
| Denominator 2 |
Numerator 1 * Denominator 2 = Denominator 1 * Numerator 2
Solving for Numerator 1 we get:
| Numerator 1 = | Denominator 1 * Numerator 2 |
| Denominator 2 |
Evaluating and simplfying using your input values solving for y, we get:
| y = | y * 16 |
| 256 |
| y = | 256 |
| 256 |
y = 1
