To fill in the blanks with appropriate words, phrase or symbols from the given list. Given information: A statement is given as - "When solving a problem involving proportions, it is crucial that two ratios have the same ____ in the same relative position."

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To fill in the blanks with appropriate words, phrase or symbols from the given list.  Given information:  A statement is given as - &quot;When solving a problem involving proportions, it is crucial that two ratios have the same ____ in the same relative position.&quot;

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Calculation:  As we know that from the definition, a mathematical equation signifying equality of two ratios is called a proportion. Proportion is used when three quantities are known and fourth quantity is unknown. We can use equality of two ratios for finding the fourth unknown quantity.  For example: ab=cd is a proportion.  After doing cross product, we get ad=bc. This is a method for solving a proportion.  Here, a and d are called extremes and b and c are called means.  We also know that when we solve a proportion then, given two ratios should have quantities with similar units in same relative position.

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