Indirect proportion

Five machines can sew 3000 t-shirts in 6 days. How many machines are needed to
sew 3000 t-shirts in 3 days?
Solution: 5 :N=3:6 5X6=303=10
M M DD
The number that is missing is the machine

Examples:
1.8:12=N:15= N=10
2.8:20=N:90= N=36

Indirect proportion is indicated when a number cause a corresponding increase

the other number cause a corresponding decrease

Continuous/Partitive proportion
The ratio of doors to windows is 1:5 there are 186 doors and windows in a building.
How many doors are there?
Solution: 1:5=186

1+5=6186= 31 X 1 cats= 31 doors

Doors

Windows

Parts of a ratio
Extremes-two end numbers
5:10=3:6

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Partitive proportion-is use to divide ratios into

Means-the two middle numbers

proportional parts