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The basic proportion matching formula which is just a linear equation in disguise.

        a/b = c/d, we know a, b and c, solve for d, which is cb / a.
As I said, every grandma did that to guess some percentages. Thus, if anyone can grasp that, he/she is ready for Algebra.


Never heard of this before, and no, I do not think my own mother could do this.

Again: I think you badly underestimate how hard this stuff is.


Ever?

A book costs $20.

How many books could you get with $200?

That's it. Even my granma living in a remote village understood it.




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