Determining Proportionality

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    • What's a Proportion?What's a Proportion?

    What's a Proportion?

    The idea of proportions is that a ratio can be written in many ways and still be equal to the same value. That's why proportions are actually equations with equal ratios. This is a bit of a tricky definition, so make sure to watch the tutorial!

    • What's the Means-Extremes Property of Proportions?What's the Means-Extremes Property of Proportions?

    What's the Means-Extremes Property of Proportions?

    The means-extremes property of proportions allows you to cross multiply, taking the product of the means and setting them equal to the product of the extremes. This property comes in handy when you're trying to solve a proportion. Watch this tutorial to learn more!

    • How Do You Determine if Two Ratios are Proportional Using Cross Products?How Do You Determine if Two Ratios are Proportional Using Cross Products?

    How Do You Determine if Two Ratios are Proportional Using Cross Products?

    Trying to figure out if two ratios are proportional? If they're in fraction form, set them equal to each other to test if they are proportional. Cross multiply and simplify. If you get a true statement, then the ratios are proportional! This tutorial gives you a great example!

    • How Do You Determine Whether Values in a Table are Proportional?How Do You Determine Whether Values in a Table are Proportional?

    How Do You Determine Whether Values in a Table are Proportional?

    To see if multiple ratios are proportional, you could write them as fractions, reduce them, and compare them. If the reduced fractions are all the same, then you have proportional ratios. To see this process step-by-step, check out this tutorial!