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A true proportion is when two ratios are equal to one another. To prove this, you need to find the cross products of the ratios and see if they are equal. An example of a true proportion are the ratios 1/2 and 5/10, if you take the cross product the result is 2 x 5 = 1 x 10, which are equal.
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What is a statement of equality between two ratios called?
... a proportion.... a proportion.... a proportion.... a proportion.
What are the three kinds of proportion?
the three kinds of proportions are indirect proportion, direct proportion and thepartitive proportion
How do you solve the proportion of something?
There cannot be a "proportion of something": proportion is a relationship between two things, and how you solve it depends on whether they (or their transformations) are in direct proportion or inverse proportion.
Use of ratio and proportion in daily life?
A large proportion of my daily activities are spent in school.
An equation that states that two ratios are equal?
An equation that states that two ratios are equal is a proportion.
How can you tell if a proportion is false?
Multiply the cross products, and see if they are equal. If they are equal, the proportion is true. If they are unequal, the proportion is false.
How can you tell if a proportion is true?
If you cross-multiply and you obtain an equality, then the proportion is true. Example: 2/3 = 20/30 ? cross-multiply; 2 x 30 = 3 x 20 ? 60 = 60 Since we have an equality, the proportion is true.
Is this a true proportion 25 75 equals 9 27?
Yes the proportion for them both is 1:3
What is true about the cross products of a proportion?
They're equal
Total variable cost does not increase in proportion to output is it true?
False, it is the fixed cost which is not increased or decreased with proportion to output.
Arrange the four numbers to form proportion that is true?
40,50,80,64
What does a 95 percent confidence interval tell you about the population proportion?
There is a 95% probability that the true population proportion lies within the confidence interval.
What is difference between proportion and probability?
Proportion is the probability of a selected sample. probability is the true probability of all cases. If this is not what you are looking for then please specify.
Inbreeding decreases the proportion of homozygotes in a population?
that is true!! the answer is very much true!! just ask mydog sparky!!
The expected frequency is determined by multiplying the sample size by the hypothesized proportion?
True.
Minerals and compounds that are not present in the proper proportion can cause sickness or death?
true
When drawing objects in proportion Transfer of Scale is employed more than any other principle true or false?
True.
