The short sides of a rectangle are 2 inches. the long sides of the same rectangle are three less than a certain number of inches. sketch and label the sides of this rectangle. use an algebraic expression to represent the length of the long sides.

Let x be the certain number of inches mentioned in the problem. So, three less than this quantity is

This means that you have to sketch a rectangle labelling the short side with 2, and the long sides with

a 4/6 = 9/12   not proportional

step-by-step explanation:

to find which are not proportional, we can use cross products

if it is true, they are proportional.   if it is not true, they are not proportional.

a 4/6 = 9/12

4* 12 = 6*9

48 = 54

not this is not proportional  

b 2/3 = 12/18  

2* 18 = 3 * 12

36 = 36

this is proportional

c 5/4 = 10/8  

5*8 = 4*10

40 = 40

this is proportional

d 7/5 = 35/25

7*25 = 5 * 35

175 = 175

is proportional