How Do You Know If Two Ratios are Proportional?

How Do You Know If Two Ratios are Proportional?

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Ratios are proportional if they represent the same relationship. One way to see if two ratios are proportional is to write them as fractions and then reduce them. If the reduced fractions are the same, your ratios are proportional. To see this process in action, check out this tutorial!

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Background Tutorials

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      What's a Numerator and What's A Denominator?

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  • Ratio Definitions

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