Thursday, April 9

Question on Solving a Word Problem using Proportion Method

Topic : Proportion Method

Question : Maria designs flags and banners. She always makes a flag proportional to the flagpole it hangs from. If one flag is 6 feet wide and its pole is 24 ft long, how wide would a flag with a 20-foot pole be? By proportion method :

Solution :
6/24 = ?/20
6/24 x 20 = 5ft long width of the flag

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