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Solving Proportions
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- Portion: An equality of two ratios
Find two equivalent ratios for each
[3/5]
- [(3 ×2)/(5 ×2)] = [6/10]
- [(6 ×2)/(10 ×2)] = [12/20]
[6/10],[12/20]
Find two equivalent ratios for each
[11/44]
- [(11 ÷11)/(44 ÷11)] = [1/4]
- [(1 ×2)/(4 ×2)] = [2/8]
[1/4],[2/8]
Use mental math to solve the proportion
[3/5] = [x/10]
- [(3 ·2)/(5 ·2)] = [x/10]
x = 6
Use mental math to solve the proportion
[1/8] = [x/24]
- [(1 ·3)/(8 ·3)] = [x/24]
x = 3
Use mental math to solve the proportion
[3/z] = [12/16]
- [(3 ·4)/(z ·4)] = [12/16]
z = 4
Tell whether the two ratios form a proportion
[4/40],[8/80]
- [(4 ×2)/(40 ×2)] = [8/40]
Yes
Tell whether the two ratios form a proportion
[12/24],[24/47]
- [(12 ×2)/(24 ×2)] = [24/48]
No
Tell whether the two ratios form a proportion
[13/26],[25/52]
- [(13 ×2)/(26 ×2)] = [26/52]
- [26/52] ≠ [25/52]
No
Solve the proportion
[5/x] = [2/20]
- 2x = 5 ·20
- 2x = 100
- [2x/2] = [100/2]
- x = [100/2]
x = 50
Solve the proportion
[2/4] = [y/16]
- 4y = 2 ·16
- 4y = 32
- [4y/4] = [32/4]
- y = [32/4]
y = 8
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Solving Proportions
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