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What is the constant of proportionality?

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\begin{array}c \cline{1-2}\text{number of rolls} & \text{number of people}\\\cline{1-2}1 & \boldsymbol{0.5}\\\cline{1-2}6 &3\\\cline{1-2}10 & \boldsymbol{5}\\\cline{1-2}16 & \boldsymbol{8}\\\cline{1-2}25 & \boldsymbol{12.5}\\\cline{1-2}n & \boldsymbol{0.5n}\\\cline{1-2}\end{array}

  1. How many people will 10 spring rolls feed? 5
  2. What is the constant of proportionality? 0.5
  3. Write an equation to represent the number of people fed by the spring rolls. Equation is y = 0.5x

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Step-by-step explanation:

The given table looks like this


\begin{array} \cline{1-2}\text{number of rolls} & \text{number of people}\\\cline{1-2}1 & \\\cline{1-2}6 & 3\\\cline{1-2}10 & \\\cline{1-2}16 & \\\cline{1-2}25 & \\\cline{1-2}n & \\\cline{1-2}\end{array}

Focus on the row that has two values in it.

x = number of rolls = 6

y = number of people 3

k = constant of proportionality

y = kx

k = y/x = 3/6 = 0.5

The constant of proportionality is k = 0.5 which gives the direct variation equation of y = 0.5x

If x = 1, then y = 0.5*1 = 0.5 meaning that 1 roll feeds 0.5 people. This means we need 2 rolls to feed one person.

If x = 10, then y = 0.5x = 0.5*10 = 5 people can be fed with those 10 rolls. This process is continued until we finish filling out the table.

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