Home / 56,736,117,401.40-85,104,337,664.70-16,402,252,557

Finding the Fourth Proportional to 56,736,117,401.40, 85,104,337,664.70 and 16,402,252,557

Calculator

Solution

The fourth proportional to 56,736,117,401.40, 85,104,337,664.70 and 16,402,252,557 is: 24,603,425,542.79

Step by Step Solution

  1. Step 1: Write the proportion equation
    56,736,117,401.40 : 85,104,337,664.70 = 16,402,252,557 : x
  2. Step 2: Convert to fraction form
    56,736,117,401.40/85,104,337,664.70 = 16,402,252,557/x
  3. Step 3: Cross multiply
    56,736,117,401.40x = 85,104,337,664.70 × 16,402,252,557
  4. Step 4: Simplify right side
    56,736,117,401.40x = 1,395,902,840,072,616,804,352
  5. Step 5: Solve for x
    x = 1,395,902,840,072,616,804,352/56,736,117,401.40
  6. Step 6: Final answer
    x = 24,603,425,542.79

Related Problems

Why These Related Problems?

These problems maintain the same ratio (1.50) or explore similar proportional relationships. Practicing with related ratios helps build understanding of proportional relationships.