I don't think it's proportional, because in order for a question to be a proportional question has/could be to be like this:
Gasoline costs $2.79 per 2 gallon. How much will it cost for 8 gallon. Then, we cross multiply and all to find the answer.
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You need to study to do good on those exams bud.
This is an arith. sequence, and the common difference is -9.
a(n+1) = a(n)-9, with a(1)=8. Thus, if we look at the first term, we see 8; subracting 9 from 8 produces the second term (-1).
1/4 or 2/8 because if you look they are the same thing
