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Proportions

★☆☆☆☆Elementary

📖Definition

An equation stating that two ratios are equal.

📐Formulas

a : b = c : d \iff (a)/(b) = (c)/(d) \iff ad = bc

Proportion and cross multiplication

y = kx

Direct proportion (k is constant of proportionality)

y = (k)/(x)

Inverse proportion

✏️Examples

예제 1☆☆☆☆

Find x in 3:5 = x:20.

예제 2☆☆☆☆

If you travel 120km in 4 hours, how far in 6 hours?

Applications

Physics

Speed, force, pressure relationships

Cooking

Scaling recipes

Architecture

Blueprint scaling

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Prerequisites

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