Question

find the third proportional to 20and 16 ?

Answer 1

Heya!!!

Answer to your question:

☆Let the third proportional be x

=>16:20=20:x

20×20/16=x

x=25

Therefore ,third proportional is 25.

Hope it helps ^_^

Answer 2

Let the third proportional to the two numbers 16 and 36 be x. Therefore from the definition of the third proportional, we have: 16: 36 :: 36 : x or in other words we can write: 16x = {36 × 36}/16 = 81.

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