Warm-up

Thursday, October 22, 2009

Solve each equation
a) 4x = 52

b) 3y = 18

c) 5b = 75

d) 7k = 21
 Proportions

Section 6-2
Objective: We will be able to
solve proportions.
 What are Proportions?
 What are proportions?

Portions that have lost their amateur

status.

 No, a proportion is an equality of two

ratios.
 Property of Proportions
 One property of proportions makes
them crucial: in proportions the
cross-products are equal.

a c
 If a proportion is = , the cross
b d
products are ad and bc.
 Solving Proportions
 This property, cross-products being equal, gives
us a way to solve proportions when we are
missing one number.

Example: Solve the proportion

x 4 Find the cross products
=
9 6 6 x = 36 And solve!

x= 6
 Your Turn!

4 w 13 39
= =
8 18 25 x
 Testing for Proportions
 We test for proportions by testing
whether or not cross products are
equal

 If cross products are not equal, then

we do not have a proportion. If cross
products are equal, then we do have a
proportion.
 Try It!
Are the following pairs of ratios proportions?

4 6 3 21
and and
6 10 5 35
 Solving Problems with
Proportions
 Three posters cost $9.60. At that
rate, how many posters can you buy
for $48?
 Housaufgauben!
(“Homework” in German)
Page 296 (300) #1-11 odds, 32, 35-41
odds, 50, 51, 54

(OKAY! Get over yourself, it’s a total of

14 problems!)
 1. How many times
Ticket to Leave does an adult heart
beat in 270
Age Beats Per seconds?
(Years) Minute 2. In how many
seconds will a
newborn’s heart
Newborn 140 beat 35 times?
1 120 3. In 45 seconds, how
6 100 many more times
10 90 will a newborn’s
heart beat than a
12 85 adult’s heart?
Adult 80