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How do we tell if ratios in a table are

proportional? An adult elephant drinks about 225 liters of water each day. Is
the amount of water the elephant drinks proportional to the
number of days? PlS help me solve this with an explanation.

How do we tell if ratios in a table are proportional? An adult elephant drinks about-example-1

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So basically, you just divide the number on the bottom by the number on the top. If you get the same number for all of them, that means they are proportional.

lets take the chart for an example!

time (days): 1 // 2 // 3 //

Water(L): 225 // 450 // 675 //

225 ÷ 1 = 225.

450 ÷ 2 = 225.

675 ÷ 3 = 225.

Since they are all the same number, you can tell they're proportional!

hopefully this helped you out, but if you need anymore clarification i'm open to give some <3

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