Proportion

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Proportion is a relationship of equivalence between two ratios. For example, the equation a/b = c/d is a proportion. The equation states that a is related to b in the same way that c is related to d. It can also be written as a:b = c:d. Equivalent ratios are said to be in proportion.

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