document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1191821>Question 1191821</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Identify the means and extremes, then, find the missing terms.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "4:5 = 24:x<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I am not a fan of this terminology; but....<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "In the proportion A:B = C:D, the extremes are the numbers \"to the extreme outsides of the proportion\" -- A and D.  The means are then the other two numbers -- closest to the equal sign, B and C.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "The unpleasant rule is then \"the product of the means is equal to the product of the extremes\": BC = AD.<br><BR>\n" );
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document.write( "(1) In the given proportion, the means are 5 and 24; the extremes are 4 and x.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "(2) 5*24 = 120 = 4*x --> x=30<br><BR>\n" );
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