National Brand Computation Pad, Plain on Front Side / 5 X 5 Quad on Back Side, 8.5 x 11 Inches, Green Paper, 100 Sheets (42382)

this is calculator question number 38 from the March 2019 ICT College Board describes two slabs of granite and they say slab 2 as a ratio of length to width of 5 to 2 and they want you to find the width of slab 2 where they left that up on the table so I'm going to call it X and I have length over width equals 5 over 2 I like to be careful not to flip my ratios when I'm setting them up because that's one of the most common errors length to width is 5 to 2 which means length over width is 5 over 2 and the length is given as 125 and the width is missing but I'm calling that X if I cross multiply that gives me 5x equals 1 5 times 2 is 250 that's solving for x if I could divide both sides by 5 I get x equals 50 the importance step is taking a little extra time to set it up carefully the missing width is 50 centimeters and call it more it often gives you this sort of ratio or proportion prob