Home / 21,880.50-44,563.13

Finding the Third Proportional to 21,880.50 and 44,563.13

Calculator

Solution

The third proportional to 21,880.50 and 44,563.13 is: 90,759.91

Step by Step Solution

  1. Step 1: Write the proportion equation
    21,880.50 : 44,563.13 = 44,563.13 : x
  2. Step 2: Convert to fraction form
    21,880.50/44,563.13 = 44,563.13/x
  3. Step 3: Cross multiply
    21,880.50x = 44,563.13 × 44,563.13
  4. Step 4: Simplify right side
    21,880.50x = 1,985,872,109.77
  5. Step 5: Solve for x
    x = 1,985,872,109.77/21,880.50
  6. Step 6: Final answer
    x = 90,759.91

Related Problems

Why These Related Problems?

These problems maintain the same ratio (2.04) or explore similar proportional relationships. Practicing with related ratios helps build understanding of proportional relationships.