Question

1. Explain whether each following example is proportional or non-proportional.

Answer 1

9514 1404 393

Answer:

  (a), (b), (c) are non-proportional

  (d) is proportional

Step-by-step explanation:

An equation or graph with a non-zero y-intercept is non-proportional. That is true for (a), (b), (c).

The table of (d) is proportional, with a constant of proportionality of 6.5.

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Comment on (c)

In a proportional relation, price would go up with quantity, not down. If the prices both end in 9, one cannot be double the other, as would be required for the price of a gallon to be proportional to the price of a half-gallon.