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[ Step One ] Apply Rule - (-a) = a

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No it is not proportional. Since she brought the last apple for 1/2 the price, the equation won’t be linear (straight line) anymore so it won’t be proportional. Proportional means the same unit rate.
In order to figure this out you need to use
Descartes Rule. I attached a picture showing Descartes Rule. If the signs changes for when x is positive then the number of times it changes are the possible positive solution. If the sign changes when x is negative then the number of times it changes are the possible negative solutions. With that said the answer is A. View the picture I have attached for the possible + - and imaginary solutions.
Answer = A) One possible positive solution.
Answer
Find out the how many games did the teams lose .
To prove
Formula

As given
Salem High School's winter sports teams WON 72% of their games last season.
If the teams played 50 games .
Percentage = 72%
Total value = 50
Put in the formula


Number of games win = 36
Number of games teams loses = Total number of games - number of games win
= 50 - 36
= 14
Therefore the number of games team loses are 14 .
"Will is twice as old as Jill."
Jill's age . . . . . J
Will's age . . . . 2J .
"Three years ago . . .
Jill's age then . . . . . J - 3
Will's age then . . . . 2J - 3
". . . Jill's age then was 2/5 of Will's age then."
J - 3 = (2/5) (2J - 3)
Multiply
each side by 5 : 5J - 15 = 2 (2J - 3)
Divide
each side by 2 : 2.5 J - 7.5 = 2J - 3
Subtract 2J
from each side: 0.5 J - 7.5 = -3
Add 7.5
to each side: 0.5 J = 4.5
Multiply
each side by 2 : J = 9
Jill is 9 y.o. now.
Will is 18 y.o. now.