Solve the proportion: 1/4 = x/20

= 5

Step-by-step explanation:

Multiply all terms by the same value to eliminate fraction denominators

1/4 = x/20

20 ⋅ 1/4 = 20 ⋅ /20

Simplify

= 5

Bthe next enterprise undertaken by theseus far surpassed all his other feats of heroic daring, and secured to him the universal admiration and gratitude of his fellow-citizens. this was the slaying of the minotaur, which put an end for ever to the shameful tribute of seven youths and seven maidens which was exacted from the athenians every nine years.

the origin of this barbarous tribute was as follows: androgeos, the youthful son of minos, king of crete, having been treacherously murdered by the athenians, his father, anxious to avenge the death of his son, declared war against their king aegeus, and conquered athens and the villages in its vicinity. the conqueror henceforth compelled the athenians to send to him every nine years a tribute of seven youths and seven maidens of the noblest families of the land, who became the prey of the minotaur, a monster, half-man, half-bull, whose lair was in the wonderful labyrinth, constructed by dædalus for the cretan king.

when theseus informed his father of his heroic determination, he was overwhelmed with grief, and endeavoured, by every means in his power, to shake his son's resolution, but, confident of success, theseus assured his father that he would slay the minotaur and return home victorious.

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