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Proportional Reasoning-2 Class 8 Solutions

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Will idlis made with rice and urad dal in ratios 6:3 and 4:2 taste the same?

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Yes, if the other ingredients and cooking are alike. Both simplify to 2:1, and cross-products agree: 6\times2=3\times4=12.

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What does RF 1:60,00,000 mean, and how many kilometres is 60,00,000 cm?

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It means 1 cm on the map represents 60,00,000 cm on the ground. Since 1\text{ km}=100{,}000\text{ cm}, 60{,}00{,}000\text{ cm}=60\text{ km}.

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Use the map scale to estimate the geographical distances from Bengaluru and Mangaluru to Chennai.

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Measure each straight map segment in centimetres and multiply by 60\text{ km/cm}. Depending on ruler placement and print scaling, the map gives roughly 290 km from Bengaluru to Chennai and 590 km from Mangaluru to Chennai. These are geographical, not road, distances.

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Why may different maps give slightly different measured distances, and how should a 1:50 classroom map be made?

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After converting each measurement with its own scale, results should be close. Small differences come from print scaling, line thickness, ruler placement, projection, and rounding. At 1:50, divide every actual classroom length by 50 using the same units, draw the boundary, and place each object at its correspondingly scaled location.

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Puneet has 2 chillies. How much of every ingredient preserves the 8:4:2:1 spice ratio?

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Two chillies are half of four, so halve every term: 4 spoons coriander, 2 chillies, 1 spoon toor dal, and 1/2 spoon fenugreek. The ratio is 4:2:1:0.5.

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A purple paint mix has red:blue:white = 2:3:5 and 10 L white. Find each colour and the total.

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Five parts equal 10 L, so one part is 2 L. Red is 4 L, blue is 6 L, and white is 10 L. Total volume is 4+6+10=20 L.

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With cement:sand:gravel = 1:1.5:3, how much concrete comes from 3 bags of cement?

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Scale every term by 3: cement 3 bags, sand 4.5 bags, and gravel 9 bags. Total mixture is 3+4.5+9=16.5 bag-equivalents.

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Divide a 150-minute cricket session in the ratio 3:4:3:5.

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The ratio has 3+4+3+5=15 parts, so each part is 10 minutes. Warm-up/cool-down takes 30 minutes, batting 40, bowling 30, and fielding 50.

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A library has Odiya:Hindi:English books = 3:2:1 and 288 Odiya books. Find the others.

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Three parts equal 288, so one part is 96. The library has 2\times96=192 Hindi books and 96 English books.

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There are 100 coins in the count ratio ₹10:₹5:₹2:₹1 = 4:3:2:1. Find their total value.

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The 10 ratio parts give counts 40, 30, 20, and 10. Their values total 40(10)+30(5)+20(2)+10(1)=₹600.

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Construct triangles with side ratio 3:4:5. Are all such triangles congruent?

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Choose any scale k>0 and construct sides 3k,4k,5k; the triangle is right-angled. All such triangles are similar, but they are congruent only when they use the same k, because different scale factors give different side lengths.

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Can a triangle have side ratio 1:3:5?

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No. The two shorter sides would total 1+3=4 parts, which is less than 5 parts. This violates the triangle inequality.

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Simplify 12:10:8:6:4 and find the pie-chart angles.

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The HCF is 2, so the ratio is 6:5:4:3:2, totalling 20 parts. Each part is 360^\circ/20=18^\circ. Thus A, B, C, D, E have angles 108^\circ,90^\circ,72^\circ,54^\circ,36^\circ.

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Draw a pie chart for 360 people: summer 90, rainy 120, and the rest winter.

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Winter has 360-90-120=150 people. Since the total count equals 360, the sector angles are numerically the same: summer 90^\circ, rainy 120^\circ, winter 150^\circ.

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Draw the TV-channel pie chart for Entertainment 50%, Sports 25%, News 15%, Information 10%.

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Multiply each percentage by 360^\circ: Entertainment 180^\circ, Sports 90^\circ, News 54^\circ, and Information 36^\circ.

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How should a class favourite-subject pie chart be constructed?

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Let the collected counts be n_1,\ldots,n_7, with total N. For each subject draw a sector of angle (n_i/N)\times360^\circ. The angles must total 360^\circ; label each sector with its subject and count or percentage.

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If 5 workers move 4,500 bricks per day, how many move 18,000 bricks per day?

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This is direct proportion: x=18{,}000\times5/4{,}500=20. Therefore 20 workers are needed, assuming equal productivity.

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A 90 km journey takes 3 hours at 30 km/h. How long at 60 km/h?

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Speed and time are inversely proportional for fixed distance. Thus 30\times3=60t, giving t=1.5 hours.

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Verify the speed-time factors for walking, bicycle, motorcycle, and car.

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Every product is 90: 5\times18=15\times6=30\times3=60\times1.5=90. Multiplying speed by 3, 2, or 2 divides time by the same factor, confirming inverse proportion.

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Evaluate 1.5/18 and compare it with 5/60.

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1.5/18=1/12=0.08333\ldots, and 5/60=1/12. They are equal, as inverse proportion requires.

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Which of the three x-y tables show inverse proportion?

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Tables (i) and (iii). In (i), every product is 800. In (iii), every product is 450. Table (ii) has products 800, 800, 312.5, and 128, so it is not inverse proportion.

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Fill the inverse-proportion table with x = 16, 12, blank, 36 and y = 9, blank, 48, blank.

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The constant product is 16\times9=144. Therefore the missing entries are y=144/12=12, x=144/48=3, and y=144/36=4.

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Ram takes 1 hour and Shyam 1.5 hours. How long do they take together, and is work proportional to time?

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Their hourly rates are 1 and 2/3 jobs, so together they do 5/3 jobs per hour. One job takes 1/(5/3)=3/5 hour, or 36 minutes. At a fixed combined rate, work completed is directly proportional to time.

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Which listed quantity pairs are inversely proportional?

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Pairs (i), (ii), and (iv): taps versus filling time, painters versus days for a fixed wall, and speed versus time for a fixed route. Pairs (iii), (v), and (vi) are direct under the stated fixed-rate assumptions.

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If 24 pencils cost ₹120, what do 20 pencils cost?

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At a fixed unit price, one pencil costs ₹5. Therefore 20 pencils cost 20\times₹5=₹100.

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Water supplies 20 families for 6 days. How long for 30 families?

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With equal daily use per family and no replenishment or wastage, family-days stay constant: 20\times6=30d. Hence d=4 days.

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Match the eight sleep charts to the listed hours.

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Reading the purple portion as sleep time out of 24 hours, from top-left to bottom-right the values are 2.5, 3.5, 8, 10.5, 13, 15, 18, and 20 hours.

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Answer the questions from the school-transport pie chart.

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Bus is most common at 120^\circ. Car is the remaining 30^\circ, or 1/12 of the children. If 18 travel by car, the total is 18\times12=216; the 60^\circ two-wheeler sector represents 36 children. Cycle and two-wheeler have equal 60^\circ sectors. The question says “taxis,” but the chart labels that sector “Two-wheeler.”

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Three workers paint a fence in 4 days. How long with four workers?

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Total work is 3\times4=12 worker-days. Four equally productive workers need 12/4=3 days, assuming equal rates, full attendance, and no interference between workers.

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A pump fills 2 equal tanks in 6 hours. How long for 5 tanks?

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At a fixed pump rate, time is directly proportional to tank count: 6\times5/2=15 hours.

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Chairs form 25 rows of 12. How many rows when there are 20 per row?

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There are 25\times12=300 chairs. At 20 chairs per row, 300/20=15 rows are needed.

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Eight school periods last 45 minutes each. How long are nine equal periods in the same school day?

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Teaching time is 8\times45=360 minutes. Dividing by 9 gives 360/9=40 minutes per period.

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Small and large pumps fill a tank in 3 and 2 hours. How long together?

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The rates are 1/3 and 1/2 tank per hour, totalling 5/6. Time is 1/(5/6)=6/5 hour, or 1 hour 12 minutes.

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A factory needs 42 machines for 63 days. How many machines for 54 days?

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Machine-days are fixed: 42\times63=m\times54. Thus m=49 machines, assuming identical machines and constant operating time and output.

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A car takes 2 hours at 60 km/h. How long at 80 km/h?

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The distance is fixed at 60\times2=120 km. At 80 km/h, time is 120/80=1.5 hours.

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