According to Means-extremes Property of proportion: If , then
(Cross products)
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According to addition property of equality: Add 40 to each side.
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(Additive identity property:
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(Add:
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According to subtraction property of equality: Subtract 15n from each side.
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(Additive identity property:
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(Divide each side by 5)
(Cancel common terms)
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The value of .