Question

What are the extremes of the following proportion? 3⁄15 = 12⁄60

Answer 1

3 and 60

Explanation:

For the given proportions,
`\frac { 3 } { 15 } = \frac { 12 } { 60 }`, 3 and 60 are the extremes while 12 and 15 are the means.

To understand this, we can take a look at an example.

Suppose two ratios a:b and c:d are in proportion.Then it can be expressed as :

`ab=cd`

Here, a and d are the extreme ends and b and c are the means.