Proportion
Proportion: Overview
This topic discusses proportion. It describes if two ratios are represented with an equal sign between them, then it is called a proportion.
Important Questions on Proportion
and are first and second terms respectively in a continued proportion, then the third proportional is _____.

What is the mean proportional between and ?

If is the mean proportional of and , then find the value of .


Find the third proportional to the following.
and

If the quantities are in continued proportion, prove that

Three numbers are in continued proportion. If the middle number is 18 and the sum of the first and the last is 39, find the numbers.




What is the difference in the mean proportional between and and the third proportional to and ?

The fourth proportion to and is the same as the third proportion to and . What is the value of ?

The mean proportional between and is _____


The fourth proportional to is _____.

The mean proportional between is _____.

There are students in school. If the ratio of the number of boys to girls is , then what is the mean proportional between the number of boys and girls in the school?

Three numbers and are in proportion. If is subtracted from each number, the ratio of these numbers is . Find the value of .

What is the third proportional to and 24?

When is added to each of , then the numbers obtained in this order, are in proportion. What is the mean proportional between ?
