SOLUTION: Can someone help me solve this problem? Is the rate 1.2 inches of rain/5 hours equivalent to the rate 2.1 inches of rain/8 hours? Thanks, Sher

SOLUTION: Can someone help me solve this problem? Is the rate 1.2 inches of rain/5 hours equivalent to the rate 2.1 inches of rain/8 hours? Thanks, Sher

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Question 41662: Can someone help me solve this problem?
Is the rate 1.2 inches of rain/5 hours equivalent to the rate 2.1 inches of rain/8 hours?
Thanks,
Sher
Answer by fractalier(6550) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
No it is not.
Here is how you check...
If a/b = c/d, then ad = bc.
If ad ≠ bc, then the fractions are not equal.
Here 5 x 2.1 ≠ 8 x 1.2
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