document.write( "Question 979527: write the sentence as a proportion then determine whether the proportion is a true
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document.write( "2:4 = 5:10\r\n" );
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document.write( "Multiply the outers (the \"extremes\": 2*10 = 20\r\n" );
document.write( "Multiply the inners (the \"means\"): 4*5 = 20\r\n" );
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document.write( "Ther are the same, so the proportion is true.\r\n" );
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