When we say two quantities
and
are proportional to one another, there are two ways we could mean this.
- If
is *directly* proportional to
, then we mean that as
changes,
changes in the same direction. In other words, if
is in/decreased, then
also in/decreases. The rate of in/decrease doesn't have to be one-to-one; for example, we could have
increase by 1 unit while
would proportionally increase by 5 units. In this case, we'd have
.
- On the other hand, if
is *inversely* proportional to
, then a change in
results in a change in
that goes in the opposite direction. A common example involves taking a rectangle of constant area and adjusting the width
and length
. If the rectangle has an area of 5 square units, then we could have
and
, or we could have
and
, or
and
, or any combination of
and
such that
is satisfied.
In both cases, we call 5 the "constant of proportionality".
On to your exercises:
(1a) Looks like
stands for number of apples. Then we're told that the cost
, which means that for every apple, the cost increases by 2.3 dollars. So the constant of proportionality is 2.3. In the language of proportionality, we could then say that the cost of apples is directly proportional to the number of apples by a factor of 2.3.
(1b) 5.4
(1c) 12.5
what happens when you step on a grape it makes a little wine ha wine
So, the prime factors of 96 are written as 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 3 or 3 x 25, where 2 and 3 are the prime numbers.
Answer:
Hope this helps..
Step-by-step explanation:
So when you need to divide one complex number by another, you multiply the numerator and denominator of the problem by the conjugate of the denominator. This step creates a real number in the denominator of the answer, which allows you to write the answer in the standard form of a complex number.