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Determine whether the following ratios are equivalent. 3:4 and 12:9

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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

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