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The proportion is $\"\"$ .

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Apply cross products property: If $\"\"$ then $\"\"$ .

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Apply distributive property: $\"\"$ .

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$\"\"$

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Subtract 8x from each side.

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Divide each side by $\"\"$ .

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$\"\"$

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Cancel common terms.

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To check the solution, substitute the value of $\"\"$ in the proportion $\"\"$ .

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Cancel common terms.

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$\"\"$ .

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This statement is true, so the value of $\"\"$ is the solution of $\"\"$ . $\"\"$

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The value of $\"\"$ .