Question

The proportional relationship between the gallons of gasoline used by Nathan, g, and the total number of miles he drives, m, can be represented by the equation m = 40g. What is the constant of proportionality between the number of miles driven and the number of gallons used?

Answer 1

The equation is m=40 g.

Hence, the constant of proportionality between the number of miles driven and the number of gallons used is,

`\begin{gathered} m=40\text{ g} \\ (m)/(g)=40 \end{gathered}`

Therefore, the constant of proportionality is 40.