Question

Do these ratios form a proportion?

$40,000 : 21,000 employees

$68,000 : 29,000 employees

Answer 1

To determine if these ratios form a proportion, we can compare the proportions of the two ratios.

For the first ratio, the proportion is 40,000/21,000 ≈ 1.9048.

For the second ratio, the proportion is 68,000/29,000 ≈ 2.3448.

Since the two proportions are not equal, the ratios do not form a proportion.