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Math Vocab Ch 6
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| what is a comparison of two quatities by division? | ratio |
| what is a ratio that compares quantities in different units? | rate |
| what is a rate that has a denominator of 1? | unit rate |
| what is an equality of two ratios? | proportion |
| the products of ad=bc are called this of the proportion a/b=c/d? | cross products |
| what have the same shape, but not necessarily the same size? | similar figures |
| you can use figures to compute distances that are difficult to measure directly, such a process is called? | indirect measurement |
| what is an englarged or reduced drawing that is similar to an actual object or place? | scale drawing |
| what are the possile results of an action? | outcomes |
| what is any outcome or group of outcomes? | event |
| when outcomes are equally likely you can use a ration to find the _____ of an event? | probability |
| what is an event that will not happen? | impossible event |
| what is an event that will happen? | certain |
| the _______ of an event is the opposite of that event? | complement |
| you can also used a part/part ratio which is called? | odds |
| what is a ratio that compares a number to 100? | percent |
| what is something based on how much you sell? | commision |
| what is the percent a quantity that increases or decreases from its original amount? | percent of change |
| what is the amount of increase? | markup |
| when an item goes on sale, the amount of the price decrease is? | discount |