The ordered pairs (8,12), (16, 24), (x, 21), (26, y ) represent a proportional relationship. Find the value of x and the value of y.
12/8 = 1.5
24/16 = 1.5
So we have our proportion; y/x = 1.5 or 3/2
For (x, 21), we have:
21/x = 3/2
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