232k views
0 votes
Tell whether the two rates form a proportion

7 inches in 9 hours; 42 inches in 54 hours

explain how you got the answer/show your work

User LuckSound
by
6.8k points

1 Answer

3 votes
Yeah it does. Just up the equation. 7/9=42/54 and cross multiply so 7x54=378 and 9x42=378.
Another way I did it was that I divided 9/7 to get 1.2857. I tried the same to 54/42 and I got the same answer. I then used 1.2857 to multiply that by 7 and it ended up giving me 9 and I used that to multiply it by 42 as well to get 54.
User Grantzau
by
6.1k points
Welcome to QAmmunity.org, where you can ask questions and receive answers from other members of our community.