SOLUTION: Write two possible proportions having the extremes 5 and 8. Can you please show solutions on how to find possible proportions? Thank you

Question 1172723: Write two possible proportions having the extremes 5 and 8. Can you please show solutions on how to find possible proportions? Thank you
Answer by Solver92311(821) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

In the proportion

and

are the extremes and

and

are the means. In any proportion, the product of the means is equal to the product of the extremes. So multiply 5 times 8 and then find two other numbers that multiplied together result in that same product.

John

My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it

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