A direct proportion means the ratio of p:u is a constant number
This constant number is denoted by k
an example of this is, say for every 1 chicken you buy there are 2 legs which is ratio 1:2 which is
so if you add more chickens, you add more legs, 2 chickens means 4 legs, 8 chickens means 16 legs, which is so the constant number is 0.5, so this a direct proportion