Question

At a certain middle school, there are 26 students per teacher in every homeroom. Is the total number of students proportional to the number of teachers?

Answer 1

Yes, because the proportion would be 26:1.

Answer 2

Answer:

Yes

Step-by-step explanation:

Let the number of students be $a$ and number of teachers be $b$

As there are 26 students per teacher in every homeroom in the middle school, this can be written in expression as:

$a = 26b$

now, this can be converted into proportionality expression considering 26 as constant of proportionality and will be written as:

$a \propto b$

hence we can say that total number of students in middle school is proportional to total number of teachers