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Given the proportion a/b=5/19, what ratio completes the equivalent proportion a/5=?

Given the proportion a/b=5/19, what ratio completes the equivalent proportion a/5=?-example-1
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Answer:


(b)/(19)

Explanation:

If you cross-multiply in the first proportion you get 19a = 5b

To keep this, if we have a/5, we need b/19 to cross-multiply and still get 19a = 5b

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