document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1183168>Question 1183168</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Below is a proportions word problem and the answer.  However, I am trying to  determine which number,(300 or 30), should be the numerator and which number,(300 or 30),should be the denominator when solving this problem. \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Question: \"The Statue of Liberty is about 300 feet tall and about 30 feet <BR>\n" );
document.write( "           wide. The town of Unionville is building a smaller model for <BR>\n" );
document.write( "           their Fourth of July celebration. Unionville's statue will be 3 <BR>\n" );
document.write( "           feet wide. How tall should Unionville's statue be?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Answer:  300 feet tall  =  ? feet tall<BR>\n" );
document.write( "         30 feet wide      3 feet wide \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Compare the denominators.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "300 feet tall  = ? feet tall<BR>\n" );
document.write( "30 feet wide     3 feet wide \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "To get from 30 to 3, divide by 10. Divide the numerator and <BR>\n" );
document.write( "denominator by 10 to find how tall the statue should be.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "300 feet tall ÷10 = 30 feet tall<BR>\n" );
document.write( "30 feet wide  ÷10 = 3  feet wide\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Unionville's statue should be 30 feet tall.\" </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "The right proportion in this case is an equality of ratios of &nbsp;CORRESPONDING &nbsp;dimensions.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Usually, &nbsp;and as a rule, &nbsp;such proportion can be written in several different forms, \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "BUT, &nbsp;if you write these proportions following to this rule, \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "then &nbsp;THEY &nbsp;ALL &nbsp;ARE &nbsp;EQUIVALENT &nbsp;and produce the &nbsp;SAME &nbsp;ANSWER.\r<BR>\n" );
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