Question

Deon plots points to show the time it takes him to swim laps on two days. Is there a proportional relationship between the number of laps and minutes? Explain your answer.

Answer 1

Answer:

There's no proportional relationship between number of laps and minutes.

Step-by-step explanation:

The graph given above is a straight line graph, however, it does not cut across the point of origin (0, 0). As a result of this, it would be difficult to get a constant of proportionality, as you'd likely get different constant of proportionality between different points on the line. Thus, the ratio of y and x for each set of points may vary.

So therefore, the relationship between the x and y cannot be proportional.

We can conclude that the graph does not represent a proportional relationship between number of laps and minutes.