Question

Use cross products to determine whether the proportion is true or false.4.53.2416d

Answer 1

To determine if the proportion is true, we can apply the cross product.

The proportion given is:

`((4)/(5))/(4)=(3.2)/(16)`

We can perform the cross product. If the two results are equal, then, we can say the proportion is true.

Let's check the first diagonal of the cross: