Chapter 5 Ratios, Proportions, and Percents Section 2: Proportions
Warm Up: What are the three ways of writing a ratio? I drove 489 miles from San Diego to San Jose, California. I had a full tank of 16 gallons of gas in my tank when I left San Diego. I now have ¼ of a tank left. How many miles to 1 gallon did drive?
Proportion An Equality of TWO Ratios. For Example: 6/9 = 8/12 The ratios are equivalent. Which means they reduce to the same fraction in it’s simplest form!
Try This On For Size…a/b = c/d Multiplication Property of Equality (Method 1) (get the denominators to be the same what is done to the bottom is done to the top) b/b = 1 and d/d = 1 (cancel out stuff on the top and bottom that are the same) ad and bc are called the Cross Products of the proportion a/b = c/d.
Get Common Denominators and Multiply TOP and BOTTOM. PROOF OF PROPORTIONS: Multiplication Property of Equality! If a/b = c/d Simplify Get Common Denominators and Multiply TOP and BOTTOM. Then Cancel!
Cross Product: The Easy Way (Method 2) In a proportion, the cross products of the two ratios are equal! Arithmetic: 6/9 = 8/12 if, 6•12 = 9•8 72 = 72 Algebra: a/b = c/d if, a•d = c•b ad = cb You can use Cross Product to find variables in proportions to make the proportions true.
Try the Two Ways to Find Variables in Proportions: X/9 = 4/6 Method 1: Multiplication Property of Equality. (Common Denominator) Method 2: Cross Product. (Cross Multiply)
Solve Using Your Favorite Method
Do the two Ratios form a Proportion? Two ratios form a proportion if the cross product are equal. Tell me whether each pair of ratios form a proportion by your Favorite Method. 15/20 and 5/7 Yes or No? 7/12 and 17.5/30 Yes or No?
You Can Use Proportions to Solve Word/World Problems One hundred nautical miles equals about 115 standard, or statue, miles. To the nearest mile, how far in statue miles is 156 nautical miles? Let d = distance in statue miles. 100/115 = 156/d 100d = 115(156) d = 179 Proportion two ratios that are equal. Written as Cross Product Divide Each Side by 100. 156 nautical miles is about 179 statue miles.