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What is an example of a proportion

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A proportion is like a fraction do something like 1/2 can also be written as a proportion and it would be 1:2
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A proportion is an equation that states two ratios are equal.


(a)/(b) = (c)/(d) is an example of a proportion. In the given proportion, a and b are called extremes and b and c are called means.

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