What are the means of the following proportion $\frac{3}{15} = \frac{12}{60}$ $3/15=12/60$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2016-12-23T16:02:07

$15$ $15$ and $12$ $12$ are means and $3$ $3$ and $60$ $60$ are extremes of the above proportion.

Means and Extremes of Proportion

Suppose two ratios a:b and c:d are in proportion.Then it can be expressed as

$\frac{a}{b} = \frac{c}{d}$ $a/b=c/d$

Here, $a$ $a$ , $d$ $d$ = extremes and,

$b$ $b$ , $c$ $c$ = means

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What are the means of the following proportion 315=12603/15=12/60?