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OpenStudy (anonymous):

will medal!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! what are proportions?

OpenStudy (mathstudent55):

A proportion is setting two ratios equal.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

a little more help please?!

OpenStudy (anonymous):

i help

OpenStudy (anonymous):

ok

OpenStudy (anonymous):

jus gimme a sec

OpenStudy (anonymous):

its basically a ratio

OpenStudy (anonymous):

like, this log is twice as big as that one

OpenStudy (anonymous):

its a part or share

OpenStudy (anonymous):

a fraction

OpenStudy (anonymous):

A proportion is a name we give to a statement that two ratios are equal. It can be written in two ways: two equal fractions, a/b = c/d or, using a colon, a:b = c:d

OpenStudy (triciaal):

an equation where the ratios are equal is a proportion recall a ratio is just the expression of 2 integers

OpenStudy (michele_laino):

a proportion is a chain of ratios!

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