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Determine if the following situation is proportional or non-proportional.

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The state fair charges $5.00 for admission and then $0.50 per ride ticket.

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The situation is non-proportional .


Because it charges $5 for admission and then $0.50 per ticket.
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Answer:

non-proportional

Explanation:

You would first have to graph the data to determing if it was proportional or not. The equation you would graph would be y = .5x + 5. Since the graph does not go through the origin it would make sense that it would be non proportional.

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