The phrase "appears to be equal" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing a comparison or assessment of two or more items that seem to have the same value or status.
Example: "After reviewing the data, it appears to be equal in both samples, indicating no significant difference."
Alternatives: "seems to be equivalent" or "looks to be the same".
Although the site still has much to prove, it appears to be equal to, or even slightly better than, its chief competitors when it comes to low fares, site design and customer service.
The axial dispersion of the liquid phase appears to be equal to that of the dispersed solids.
For a 3-bit LSSC, as an example, the Hamming distance between codewords "111" and "001" is 2, which appears to be equal to the difference between the codeword index "3" and "1".
Finally, barbed sutures have been introduced for vaginal vault closing, and this technique appears to be equal compared to standard sutures with respect to time to cuff closing, cuff healing, and sexual function [3].
The new doll, called Hello Barbie, appears to be equal parts Siri in plasticized form and something out of a dystopian A.I. future.
"[Dunne's] reputation has grown more slowly than Didion's but appears to be equal now," the New York Times reported in 1987.
Lepage showed slides of his costume designs, which appeared to be equal parts Nordic mythology and X-Men.
However, there do not appear to be equal efforts to look at amalgamating police forces to achieve savings.
After each pair has made their hypotheses, have students compare their proposals and discuss whether they all appear to be equal in weight.
The present paper reports a new procedure using an analytic hierarchic process (AHP) for the selection of a welding process to fabricate butt joints of high strength aluminium alloy of AA 7075 grade, based on the qualitative factors of welding processes, when the quantitative factors appear to be equal.
