Question

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Which pair of ratios forms a proportion?
10 over 16 and 5 over 32
10 over 22 and 5 over 11
14 over 8 and 7 over 16
8 over 44 and 16 over 22

Answer 1

Well lets look at each

10 5
--- --- the top is divided by 2, the bottom multiplied by 2...so not an answer
16 32

do this for each one....like choice 2

10 5
--- --- divide the top (10) by 2....and divide the bottom (22) by 2...you get the
22 11 correct answer


So this would be B....and the proportion would be 2 : 1