Question

find the third proportional to 5 1/2 and 16 1/2

Answer 1

Proportionals (Third, Fourth and Mean)

Let us start by defining what we mean by the proportion. The equality of any two ratios is called a proportion. For example, if we have any four numbers or quantities that we represent as ‘a’, ‘b’, ‘c’, and ‘d’ respectively, then we may write the proportion of these four quantities as:

Proportionals

a:b = c:d or a:b :: c:d. From this, we will now define the proportionals. Let us begin by defining the fourth proportional.

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Answer 2

Answer:

11/2,33/2

11/2:33/2:55/2

=55/2