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Describe an application for the use of ratios or proportions that is not mentioned in your text, or describe how an application
problem in the text could be useful in your daily life.

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Explanation for Ratios and Proportions is given.

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Ratios and Proportions occure very frequently in daily life. A simple task of calculating the cost of 5 kg of sugar when the

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