SOLUTION: Does 1/5 and 5/15, make proportions?

Question 399144: Does 1/5 and 5/15, make proportions?
Found 2 solutions by robertb, mananth:
Answer by robertb(5830) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
No. 5/15 = 1/3, and so is not equal to 1/5.
Answer by mananth(16946) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
1/5 * 5/5 = 5/25
so
so it is not in proportion.
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