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Ratios and Proportions. Warm Up - Simplify. Ratio – comparison of two numbers by division. Proportion – an equation stating that two ratios are equal. Ratio. # boys to # girls # boys : # girls. Ratios are equal if the cross products are equal. Solve. Solve.
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Ratio – comparison of two numbers by division. Proportion – an equation stating that two ratios are equal.
Ratio # boys to # girls # boys : # girls
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