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262 Proportions and Similarity
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What makes
two quantities
proportional?
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Proportions and Similarity
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proportion proporción
rate tasa
scale factor factor de escala
similar figures figures semejantes
ratio^ razón a comparison of two numbers by division;
the ratio of 2 to 3 can be written as 2 out of 3, 2 to 3,
2 : 3, or^
2 _
3
The ratio of squares to
trianglestriangles is^22 :^33.
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