I'm confused on how to create ratios Example:
Latoya's Recipe is 9:20
2 1/5 parts cranapple juice
1 4/5 parts lemonade
i know you add to the total, 4
then the lemonade as a whole is 9
but how do you know to get the four to a 20?
when in
Parker's Recipe is 7:12
2 1/2 parts cranapple juice
3 1/2 parts lemonade
you add, 6
then you get 7,
but to get to 12 you instead of multiplying?
how do you know which to do when or just how do get ratios?

Latoya:

cran : lem = 2 1/5 : 1 4/5

= 11/5 : 9/5

= 11 : 9

Lem : total = 9 : 20

Parker:

cran : lem = 2 1/2 : 3 1/2

= 5/2 : 7/2

= 5 : 7

Lem : total = 7 : 12

Step-by-step explanation:

  5.   y=6; de=7; fg=8

  6.   x=4.2; jl=14.2; mn=13

step-by-step explanation:

when chords cross inside a circle, the product of the segment lengths is a constant.

5. dh×eh = fh×gh

  y = gh = dh×eh/fh = 3×4/2 . . . divide by the coefficient of gh

  y = 6

of course, the total chord length is the sum of the lengths of its segments.

  de = dh +eh = 3+4 = 7

  fg = fh +gh = 2+6 = 8

6. this problem works the same way as the previous one.

  x = lk = mk×nk/jk = 6×7/10 = 4.2

  jl = jk +lk = 10 +4.2 = 14.2

  mn = mk +nk = 6 +7 = 13

comment on chords and secants

you can think of the points h (problem 5) and k (problem 6) as points where the chords meet. a chord is part of a secant line, a line that intersects the circle in two points. one can also consider these points (h or k) to be the points where the respective secant lines meet.

then, the product that is a constant is the product of the distance from the meeting point (h or k) to one circle intersection with the distance from that meeting point to the other circle intersection. for problem 5, the constant is the product hd×he = hf×hg.

it turns out that this rule regarding the products of lengths to points of intersection is also true when the secants intersect outside the circle.

that is, you only need to remember one rule to work both kinds of problems.

step-by-step explanation:

a rhombus is a parallelogram enjoying his symmetry.