Question

Which numbers are the extremes of the proportion shown below

Answer 1

Answer:

3 and 8 are the extremes of the given proportion (first listed answer option)

Step-by-step explanation:

In a proportion of the type:

$\frac{A}{B} =\frac{C}{D}$

the values "A" and "D" are called "extremes of the proportion, while "B" and "C" are called the "means" of the proportion.

This comes from writing it as:   A : B = C : D

where we observe that A and D are the more "extreme" values being further away from the equal sign than the quantities B and C which are more towards the middle (center of the proportion).

So in your case, the numbers 3 and 8 are the extremes