Ratio, Proportion and Percentage

Proportion
Proportion is a relationship between two quantities (or variables) in
which one is a constant multiple of the other. In general, proportion
can be defined as follows:

Definition: A proportion is the equality of two ratios.

Example:
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Example:
Use cross products to determine whether each pair of ratios forms a
proportion or not.

Example: Find the unknown terms in each of the following terms.

a. 15:12 = 35: x (provided # 0) b. 3:6 = x:12

Example:
Given the proportion 3:15 =12:60 then find the sum of the means.
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Class work

1. What number should be subtracted from each of the numbers 17,

14, 22, 18 so that the differences would be in proportion?

2. What number should be subtracted from each of the numbers 25,

22, 30, 26 so that the differences would be in proportion?
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