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  • Feb 17, 2009, 03:26 PM
    salamander5
    geometry ratio pattern
    what is the ratio of the numbers? And find the value of n? For example: 3,9,27... etc, the ratio would be 3 because 3x3=9, 9x3=27, etc.
    OK, the problem is: 24, n, 36. I don't know how to figure it out. :confused:
  • Feb 17, 2009, 04:19 PM
    ROLCAM

    The ratio is (36 -24)/2 = 6

    6x4 = 24
    6x5 = 30
    6x6 = 36

    The middle number is 30
  • Feb 17, 2009, 05:10 PM
    salamander5

    I know, but it can't be +6 because it has to be multiplication.
  • Feb 18, 2009, 10:43 AM
    ebaines

    You're looking for ratios like this: 36 is to n as n is to 24. Or mathematically:



    So now solve for n.
  • Feb 18, 2009, 03:00 PM
    salamander5

    Oh OK so then it would be 12 radical 6. and then could you simplify that farther?

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