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\"\"

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According to Means-extremes Property of proportion: If \"\", then ad = bc.

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\"\"                    (Cross products)

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\"\"                         (Distributive proeperty: a (b+c) = ab + ac)\"\"

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According to Addition property of equality; if a = b than a + c = b + c.

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\"\"        (Subtract 10 from each side)

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\"\"                         (Additive inverse proerpty:\"\")

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\"\"                                    (Add:\"\")

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\"\"                              (Divide each side by 5)

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\"\"                                  (Cancel common terms)

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\"\"                                (Divide:\"\")\"\"

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The value of \"\".

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