document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=223200>Question 223200</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> is 7 over 9 = 21 over 18 a proportion<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #166938 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=jim_thompson5910><B>jim_thompson5910(35256)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=jim_thompson5910><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=166938\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> What you're basically asking is if <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=7%2F9=21%2F18 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"7%2F9=21%2F18\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > is true. \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=7%2F9=21%2F18 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"7%2F9=21%2F18\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > Start with the given equation.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=%287%29%2818%29=%289%29%2821%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"%287%29%2818%29=%289%29%2821%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > Cross multiply.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=126=189 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"126=189\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > Multiply.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Since the right side is the bigger of the two numbers, this means <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=126%3C189 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"126%3C189\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > which also means that <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=7%2F9%3C21%2F18 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"7%2F9%3C21%2F18\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "So <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=7%2F9%3C21%2F18 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"7%2F9%3C21%2F18\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > which means that the two fractions <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=7%2F9 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"7%2F9\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > and <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=21%2F18 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"21%2F18\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > are not in proportion to one another.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "So <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=7%2F9=21%2F18 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"7%2F9=21%2F18\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > is NOT a proportion. </SPAN>\n" );
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