Question

Ants have 6 legs. Elena and Andre write equations showing the proportional relationship between the number of ants, a, to the number of ant legs I. Elena writes a 6.1 and Andre writes .A. Do you agree with either of the equations? Explain your reasoning

Answer 1

`l=6a`,

Where,

a = number of ants,

l = number of legs.

Explanation:

Given,

The number of legs an ant has = 6,

The number of legs a ants have ( say l ) = a × 6

`\implies l = 6a`

∵ by the equation,

We get,

I ∝ a

i.e. the required proportional relation is,

`l=6a`

Note : a relation is called proportional if output value is directly proportional to input value.