Friday, October 14, 2011

cody816 proportion post

1.
ratio- a ratio is a set of equal numbers
e.x. http://www.kylesconverter.com/images/conversion-ratio-example.jpg

rate- a rate is a ratio that compares quantity's measured in different units
e.x. http://www.sjhoward.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2005/12/rateexam.JPG
proportion- a proportion is two equal ratios
e.x. http://www.math.com/school/subject1/images/S1U2L2GLc.gif

2.

  1. 5 hours to travel 360 miles is about 72 mph
  2. As a playgroup worker, if I increase the amount of apple juice I am serving at the playgroup from 25 ml to 100 ml, how much should I increase the the orange juice to, to keep the quantities in the same proportion? The orange juice is 50 ml to start with. the orange Juice should be 200.
  3. diagonal, horizontal or virticle.
  4. http://youtu.be/Ss3fp51ghMo
  5. http://www.concurringopinions.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/1/CrimeInAmerica2.jpg 1. no this does not seem fair! 2. the guy that stole $ 3 billion got only 3 years, but this honest homeless man that took only $100 got 15 years! this is unfair no matter how you look at it. 3. if i was the judge i would have given him a lighter sentence.

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