Which of the paired items from the pet store can be used to create a proportion? 3 cans of tuna for $4.50 and 5 cans of chicken for $6 2 cans of beef for $5 and 6 cans of shrimp for $15.25 5 deluxe meals for $4.75 and 10 premium meals for $9 4 cans of salmon for $9 and 6 cans of chicken for $13.50

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Antoine Wells

29 November, 15:34

Which of the paired items from the pet store can be used to create a proportion? 3 cans of tuna for $4.50 and 5 cans of chicken for $6 2 cans of beef for $5 and 6 cans of shrimp for $15.25 5 deluxe meals for $4.75 and 10 premium meals for $9 4 cans of salmon for $9 and 6 cans of chicken for $13.50

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Aubrie Barton · Answer 1

This is asking which 2 paired items have the same fractional ratio I believe. So all we have to do is make ratios of price to item amount and see if they are equal.

1. 4.5/3 = 6/5

this one we divide numerator and denominator of left side by 1.5 and get:

3/2 = 6/5

this is not true so wrong

2. 5/2 = 15.25/6

2.5 = 2.5416666

sometimes easier to use calculator then reduce. But not equal so wrong.

3. 4.75/5 = 9/10

95/100 = 9/10

wrong

4. 9/4 = 13.5 / 6

4.5/2 = 4.5/2

this one is equal