Given the proportion a/b = 8/15, which ratio completes the equivalent proportion a/8 = ?

Question

Mathematics

Nicholas Stanton

28 February, 04:48

Given the proportion a/b = 8/15, which ratio completes the equivalent proportion a/8 = ?

+5

Answers (1)

Know the Answer?

Celeste Wade · Answer 1

We are given with a proportion of a/b = 8/15 and is asked the proportion of a/8. As we can see, a cross-multiplication is applied. This means the denominator and the numerator of the two fractions are switched such that the final answer to this problem is b/15.