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ants have 6 legs. Elena and Andre write equations showing the proportional relationship between the number of ant legs L Elena writes a=6 X L and Andre write L=0.166666666667 X a.do you agree with either of the Equations?explain your reasoning

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Answer:

Neither are correct.

Explanation:

The number of legs = the number of ants * 6.

The relationship is L = 6 a so neither are correct.

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Answer: Both equations are incorrect.

Explanation:

Ants have 6 legs:

The equation of Elena is:

a = 6*L

where a is ants and L is legs.

this equation says that are equal number of ants tan 6 times the number of legs, this is is not the case;

the number of legs is six times the number of ants, because each ant has 6 legs: L =6*a

the Andre equation is:

L = 0.166*a

Which, again, it is incorrect.

in this case the equation should be:

a = 0.166*L

and the ratio of ants to legs is 1:6 wich means that there is one ant for each 6 legs.

Both options are incorrect

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