67,183 views
28 votes
28 votes
Determine whether the following ratios are equivalent. 3:4 and 12:9

User NotArefill
by
3.2k points

1 Answer

11 votes
11 votes

Answer:

no

Explanation:

Put them as fractions that have equivalent denominators.

3/4 :27/36 (multiply 9 to both numbers)

12/9 :48/36(multiply 4 to both numbers)

Since the numerators are not the same the answer is no.

If they were equal both numerator and denominator would be the same

User Brian Dupuis
by
2.4k points