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Geometry Concepts
7.1 Ratios and Proportions
Name______________________
Ratio- a comparison of two quantities using division.
a to b, a:b, or a/b where b 0
Example 1: Thirty girls tried out for 15 spots on a basketball team. What is the ratio of open
spots to the number of girls competing?
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Example 2: The rates of the angles in a triangle are 3:4:5. Find the measures of the angles.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Proportion- an equation stating two ratios are equal.
Cross Product Property- the product of the extremes equals the product of the means.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Example 3: Solve each proportion.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Example 4: Bill conducted a survey of 50 students driving to school and found that 28 owned
cars. If 755 students drove to school, predict the total number of students who own cars.
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