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Question 1197982: Please help me solve this question.
Are these ratios equivalent? 60 full-time employees to 88 part-time employees 59 full-time employees to 72 part-time employees.
yes or no?
Found 2 solutions by Alan3354, ikleyn:
Answer by Alan3354(69443)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Are these ratios equivalent? 60 full-time employees to 88 part-time employees 59 full-time employees to 72 part-time employees.
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Is 60/88 = 59/72?
Yes or no.
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Please help me solve this question.
PS --- questions are answered, equations are solved.
Answer by ikleyn(52915)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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They want you compare these ratios    and  .


Two ratios    and    are equal if and only if  ad = bc  
(the product of the extreme terms equals the product of the inner terms).


In your case  ad = 60*72 = 4320.

              bc = 88*59 = 5192.


The products are different, so the fractions are not equal (are not equivalent).

That's it.

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