## anonymous one year ago Help me pls pls <3

1. anonymous

I'll try :3

2. anonymous

3. anonymous

i don't understand one thing, in the answer part it shows how it's worked out, but where does the "2" come from?

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5. anonymous

my b hang on let me take a look

6. anonymous

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7. anonymous

Ok, so which part of the problem confused you?

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9. anonymous

not sure where the heck that 2 comes from

10. anonymous

I saw that. But which SPECIFIC part do you not understand? Did you understand everything up until the 2?

11. anonymous

yes, i have no idea why the 2 was put there or where it came from

12. anonymous

Well as you saw before it, they divided $\large \frac{1}{\frac{1}{2}}$ If you divide a fraction, it's the same as multiplying by the inverse. $\large 1 \div \frac{1}{2}~=~1 \times \frac{2}{1}$ is this what confused you?

13. anonymous

wait, so in that whole equation all of those are equal??

14. anonymous

or is the 1 $1 \times \frac{ 2 }{ 1 }$

15. anonymous

1 divided by .5 = to 2, but not equal to the first part. Do you understand what i'm asking?

16. anonymous

Tbh, not really. Are you asking about the properties of a 30-60-90 triangle or the properties of fractions?

17. anonymous

wait a minute when the example put it like that

18. anonymous

Their explanation really was off-focus. They were comparing the problem they gave you to the example triangle, and I think that's what caused the confusion.

19. anonymous

$\frac{ x }{ 2\sqrt{3}} =\frac{ 1 }{ \frac{ 1 }{ 2} }=2$

20. anonymous

isn't it when they put it like that, it makes it equal?

21. anonymous

like everything.

22. anonymous

Right. The $$\large \frac{x}{2\sqrt{3}}$$ is from your triangle and the $$\large \frac{1}{\frac{1}{2}}$$ was from the example triangle.

23. anonymous

They were comparing the ratios, although the "=" wasn't the best way to do it.

24. anonymous

they are using proportions.

25. anonymous

you got that though?

26. anonymous

Got what, exactly?

27. anonymous

bleh nevermind i don't even get what i was saying.

28. anonymous

i understand everything now! (I hope), i've been stcuk on that for such a long time thank you very much. <3

29. anonymous

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