Question

Given the proportion a/b = 8/15, what ratio completes the equivalent proportion a/8 =?

Answer 1

The correct answer is,he equivalent proportion of a/8 is b/15.

`(a)/(8)=(b)/(15)`

Explanation:

It is given that,

`(a)/(b)=(8)/(15)`

In both sides have fractions.

To find equivalent proportion of
`(a)/(8)`

we have,

`(a)/(b)=(8)/(15)`

To find a/8 we have to cross multiply the above fractions.

a * 15 =8 * b

`(a)/(8)=(b)/(15)`

Therefore the equivalent proportion of a/8 is b/15

The correct answer is b/15.