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An adult elephant drinks about 225 liters of water each day. Is the number ofdays the water supply lasts proportional to the numberof liters of water the elephant drinks?Is it proportional

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An elephant drinks 225 liters of water per day, then in 2 days it drinks 2*225 = 450 liters, in 3 days it drinks 3*225 = 675 liters.

time (days) | 1 | 2 | 3

water (L) | 225 | 450 | 675

If an elephant drinks more water per day, the number of days the water supply lasts decrease. Then these two variables are inversely proportional.

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