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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. "
Elements of Geometry Upon the Inductive Method: To which is Added an ... - Page 24
by James Hayward - 1829 - 172 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
...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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A New and Easy Introduction to the Mathematics: Containing. A system of ...

Ira Wanzer - Arithmetic - 1831 - 408 pages
...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...
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Mechanics' Magazine, and Journal of the Mechanics' Institute, Volume 4

Industrial arts - 1835 - 398 pages
...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
...and 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
...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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Elements of Geometry and Conic Sections

Elias Loomis - Conic sections - 1849 - 252 pages
...consequent; if equal, equal; and if less, less. Def. 3. 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; thus, if A, B, and C are in proportion, then A : B : : B : C. In this case the...
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Orr's Circle of the Sciences: Organic nature, vols. 1-3 (1854-1856)

William Somerville Orr - Science - 1854 - 534 pages
...this ratio is of course the same as the ratio 4 : 2, or the ratio 2:1. When there are four quantities such that the ratio of the first to the second is equal to the ratio of the third to the fourth, the four quantities are said tobe in proportion: thus, if the four quantities a, b, c, d, be...
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Mathematical Dictionary and Cyclopedia of Mathematical Science: Comprising ...

Charles Davies, William Guy Peck - Mathematics - 1855 - 628 pages
...measured quantity ; hence, the measure of proportion is ratio. 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 ; this relation is expressed algebraically thus, a : b :: с : d. This expression is called...
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