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Tim can read 15 pages in 10 minutes. What is the constant of 5 pointsproportionality, k? A 1.5B 2/3C 150D 01/3

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it is given that Tim can read 15 pages in 10 min.

so

page P will be proportional to time T


P\alpha\text{ T}
P=KT

here K is the proportionality constant


\begin{gathered} K=(P)/(T) \\ K=(15)/(10)=1.5 \end{gathered}

so the answer is K = 1.5

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