Question

(Will give you alot of points please help ASAP)Are these ratios equivalent?

5 altos for every 4 sopranos

15 altos for every 13 sopranos

Group of answer choices

Yes

No

Answer 1

It’s no even though someone else already answered it:/

Answer 2

Answer: No

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Work Shown:

(5 altos)/(4 sopranos) = (15 altos)/(13 sopranos)

5/4 = 15/13

13*5 = 4*15 .... cross multiply

65 = 60

The last equation is false, so the first equation is false

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Alternative ratio

(5 altos)/(15 altos) = (4 sopranos)/(13 sopranos)

5/15 = 4/13

5*13 = 15*4

65 = 60

We end up with the same false equation

The given values are not in the same proportion.

The ratios are not equivalent.

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Yet another way to look at it

Note the jump from 5 altos to 15 altos is "times 3"

So if we started with 4 sopranos, then we must have 4*3 = 12 sopranos as our next count.

If the second line changed "13 sopranos" to "12 sopranos", then we would have equivalent ratios.