Solve the proportion. Round to the nearest hundredth, where necessary.

Question

twenty-seven-ninetieths equals three over question mark

(1 point)
Responses

3
3

10
10

9
9

27

Answer 1

To solve this proportion, we can set it up as follows:

27/90 = 3/x

To solve for x, we can cross multiply:

27x = 90 * 3
27x = 270

Divide both sides by 27 to solve for x:

x = 270 / 27
x = 10

Therefore, the answer is 10.