Question

The weather service tracks the amount of snow that accumulates over time during a storm. The data are shown in the table.Time (hr), x34.569Snow (in.), y11.523What is the constant of proportionality?

Answer 1

The constant of proportionality is the slope of the given data.

The slope formula is :

`m=(y_2-y_1)/(x_2-x_1)`

From the table, we have the points (6, 2) and (9, 3).

Using the formula above :

`m=(3-2)/(9-6)=(1)/(3)`

The answer is 1/3