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Which statement about means and extremes is correct in a proportion?

Class 6ProportionRatio and Proportion
  • AProduct of means = product of extremes
  • BSum of means = sum of extremes
  • CMeans are always larger
  • DExtremes are always equal

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The defining property of a proportion is that the product of the means equals the product of the extremes.
Answer: A) Product of means = product of extremes

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