Question

In the proportion 12/36 = 2/6 the terms are called the means are

Answer 1

Given the proportion:

$\frac{12}{36}=\frac{2}{6}$

Let's determine the terms that are called the means.

In a proportion, the second and third terms are called the means, while the first and last terms are called the extremes.

Let's take the proportion below as an example:

$\begin{gathered} \frac{a}{b}=\frac{c}{d} \\ \\ a\colon b=c\colon d \end{gathered}$

The means are b and c, while the extremes are a and d.

The given proportion can be written as:

$12\colon36=2\colon6$

Here, the second and third terms are 36 and 2 . Therefore, we can say the means of the proportion are 36 and 2.

ANSWER:

36 and 2