When creating vases for the craft fair, Thomas used the proportion 3 pounds of clay is to 8 vases as 9 pounds of clay is to 24 v
ases. Which proportion can be used to represent the situation? StartFraction 3 over 8 EndFraction = StartFraction 24 over 9 EndFraction StartFraction 3 over 8 EndFraction = StartFraction 9 over 24 EndFraction StartFraction 3 over 9 EndFraction = StartFraction 24 over 8 EndFraction StartFraction 9 over 3 EndFraction = StartFraction 8 over 24 EndFraction
To prove this, all you have to do is try simplifying 4/24 yourself. To do that, we are going to use 4 to divide both the numerator and the denominator because 4 is a common factor of 4 and 24.
(To simplify a fraction, you divide both the numerator and denominator by a common factor)
√- 81 doesn't result in a rational number because you can't get a negative from squaring any number. Instead you get a number with an imaginary number.
