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" Four quantities are in proportion when the ratio of the first to the second is equal to the ratio of the third to the fourth. "
An Elementary Geometry - Page 25
by William Frothingham Bradbury - 1872 - 110 pages
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Universal Arithmetick: Or, A Treatise of Arithmetical Composition ..., Volume 1

Isaac Newton - Algebra - 1769 - 638 pages
...geometrical- Progreflion. 70. Fiur Quantities are in geometrical Proportion when the Ratio of tKe Fir/! ta the Second is equal to the Ratio of the Third to the Fourth ; and Quantities are in geometrical Progreifion, when they intreafe, or decreafe, by equal Ratios :...
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A Course of Mathematics: For the Use of Academies as Well as Private Tuition

Charles Hutton - Mathematics - 1812 - 620 pages
...5ec. 77. Proportion is an equality of ratios. Thus, 78. Three quantities are said to be Proportional, when the ratio of the first to the second is equal to the ratio of the second to the third. As of the three quantities A (2), B (4), c (8), where .J ;= | = 2, both the same...
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A Course of Mathematics: For the Use of Academies, as Well as Private ...

Charles Hutton - Mathematics - 1822 - 616 pages
...,^=|. 77. Proportion is an equality of ratios. Thua, 78. Three quantities are said to be Proportional, when the ratio of the first to the second, is equal to the ratio of the second to the third. As of the three quantities A (2), B (4), c (8), where f =f =5, both the same ratio....
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Elements of Geometry Upon the Inductive Method: To which is Added an ...

James Hayward - Geometry - 1829 - 218 pages
...f = 1 ; that is, the ratio of 2 to 6 is equal to one third. 77. When four magnitudes are such that the ratio of the first to the second, is equal to the ratio of the third to the fourth, these four magnitudes are said to be in proportion. Proportion is equality of ratios. " A PROPORTION,"...
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Elements of Geometry Upon the Inductive Method: To which is Added an ...

James Hayward - Geometry - 1829 - 228 pages
...— -i ; that is, the ratio of 2 to 6 is equal to one third. 77. When four magnitudes are such that the ratio of the first to the second, is equal to the ratio of the third to the fourt.n, these four magnitudes arc said to be in proportion. Proportion is equality of ratios, " A...
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A New and Easy Introduction to the Mathematics: Containing. A system of ...

Ira Wanzer - Arithmetic - 1831 - 408 pages
...the ratio. Thus, 3 : 5, denotes the ratio of 3 to 5. Four quantities are said to be in geometrical proportion, when the ratio of the first to the second...is equal to the ratio of the third to the fourth. Thus, the four numbers 8, 4, 14, 7, are proportional, because the ratio 8 : 4 is equal to the ratio...
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Mechanics' Magazine, and Journal of the Mechanics' Institute, Volume 4

Industrial arts - 1835 - 398 pages
...2. Proportion is an equality of ratios. Thus— 3. Three quantities are said to be proper, tional, when the ratio of the first to the second is equal to the ratio of the second to the third. As of the three quantities A (2), A (4), с (8), where two fourths are equal to...
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A Treatise on Geometry and Its Application in the Arts

Dionysius Lardner - Curves, Plane - 1840 - 386 pages
...divide the product by a, and the quotient will be d. (264.) When three magnitudes are so related that the ratio of the first to the second is equal to the ratio of the second to the third, they are said to be in confirmed proportion; and the third is said to be a third...
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Elementary Course of Geometry ...

Charles William Hackley - Geometry - 1847 - 248 pages
...Inequality. 76. Proportion is an equality of ratios. Thus, 77. Three quantities are said to be proportional when the ratio of the first to the second is equal to the ratio of the second to the third. As of the three quantities, A = 2, B = 4, C = 8, where \ = £ = \, both the same...
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Arithmetic: Designed for Academies and Schools, Uniting the Inductive ...

Charles Davies - Arithmetic - 1847 - 368 pages
...This relation between four numbers is called proportion ; and generally, Four numbers are said to be in proportion when the ratio of the first to the second is the same as that of the third to the fourth. Hence, 181. How do you determine what part one number...
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