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Are these ratios equivalent? 60 full-time employees to 88 part-time employees 59 full-time employees to 72 part-time employees.
yes or
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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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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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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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