Solving a proportion with an unknown variable (example) | 7th grade | Khan Academy

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Courses on Khan Academy are always 100% free. Start practicing—and saving your progress—now: https://www.khanacademy.org/math/cc-seventh-grade-math/cc-7th-ratio-proportion/cc-7th-write-and-solve-proportions/v/find-an-unknown-in-a-proportion Here's a great video where we explain the reasoning behind solving proportions. We'll put some algebra to work to get our answers, too. Practice this lesson yourself on KhanAcademy.org right now: https://www.khanacademy.org/math/cc-seventh-grade-math/cc-7th-ratio-proportion/cc-7th-write-and-solve-proportions/e/proportions_1?utm_source=YT&utm_medium=Desc&utm_campaign=7thgrade Watch the next lesson: https://www.khanacademy.org/math/cc-seventh-grade-math/cc-7th-ratio-proportion/cc-7th-write-and-solve-proportions/v/writing-proportions?utm_source=YT&utm_medium=Desc&utm_campaign=7thgrade Missed the previous lesson? https://www.khanacademy.org/math/cc-seventh-grade-math/cc-7th-ratio-proportion/cc-7th-graphs-proportions/v/identifying-proportional-relationships-visually?utm_source=YT&utm_medium=Desc&utm_campaign=7thgrade Grade 7th on Khan Academy: 7th grade takes much of what you learned in 6th grade to an entirely new level. In particular, you'll now learn to do everything with negative numbers (we're talking everything--adding, subtracting, multiplying, dividing, fractions, decimals... everything!). You'll also take your algebraic skills to new heights by tackling two-step equations. 7th grade is also when you start thinking about probabi

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