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Answer :

See explanation below

Explanation:

Proportion simply means two ratios or two fractions are equal.

For example:

1/5 is proportional to 2/10

[tex]\frac{1}{5}=\frac{2}{10}[/tex]

This is because when we break down 2/10 to the simplest term, we would have 1/5

In proportion, the difference between the two fractions that are equal to each other is that one fraction was multiplied by a constant number in both the nummerator and denominator.

using the example above:

[tex]\begin{gathered} \frac{2}{10}=\frac{2(1)}{2(5)} \\ =\text{ }\frac{2}{2}\times\frac{1}{5} \\ =\text{ }\frac{1}{5} \end{gathered}[/tex]

Another example of proportion:

3/4 = 9/12

9/12 = 3(3)/3(4) = 3/4