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Arithmetic proportion

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An equation of the form

$$a-b=c-d,$$

where $a,b,c,d$ are given numbers. An arithmetic proportion is also called a difference proportion.

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Arithmetic proportion. Encyclopedia of Mathematics. URL: http://encyclopediaofmath.org/index.php?title=Arithmetic_proportion&oldid=31656