Question

Do the ratios 8/27 and 12/18 form a proportion?

Answer 1

A proportion means that two ratios are equal.

Let's see each ratio as a fraction, and simplify:

`\begin{gathered} (8)/(27)\rightarrow(8)/(27) \\ (12)/(18)\rightarrow(2)/(3) \end{gathered}`

Thereby,

`(8)/(27)\\e(2)/(3)`

The ratios don't form a proportion.