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Equation:
Jada and Noah counted the number of steps
they took to walk a set distance. To walk the
same distance, Jada took 8 steps while Noah
took 10 steps. Then they found that when
Noah took 15 steps, Jada took 12 steps.
Let a represent the number of steps
Jada takes and let y represent the
5
number of steps Noah takes.y =
a. Create a table that C. How can you see or
represents this calculate the constant of
situation with at proportionality in each
least 3 pairs of representation? What
values.
does it mean?
b. Graph this d. Explain how you can tell
relationship and
that the equation,
label the axes. description, graph, and
table all represent the
same situation.
V Illustrative
Mathematics
Unit 3 • Lesson 3. Activity 2
Kendall Hunt
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Answer 1

Answer/Step-by-step explanation:

Given:

When Jada took 8 steps, Noah took 10 steps

When Jada took 12 steps, Noah took 15 steps

a. The following table can be created as follows given that x = steps taken by Jada, and y = steps taken by Noah:

From the info given, the ratio of Noah's steps to Jada's steps is 15 : 12 = 10 : 8 = 5 : 4 = ⁵/4.

Use this ratio to create a table of 3 pairs of values as shown below.

Jada's Steps (x) ===> Noah's steps (y)

4 ===> 5

8 ==> 10

12 ==> 15

b. The graph of that shows this relationship has been attached below. Check the attachment.

c. Constant of proportionality can be calculated in each representation as follows: y/x = k. Where y is steps taken by Noah, x is for steps taken by Jada, and I is constant of proportionality.

Thus,

Constant of proportionality (k) = 15/12 = ⁵/4

This means, for every 5 steps taken by Noah, Jada takes 4 steps.

This relationship is represented by the equation, y = ⁵/4x.

The ⁵/4 in the equation is the constant of proportionality of their relationship.

d. The equation, description, graph, and table all represent the same situation because they all show the same constant of proportionality between x and y.

In the equation, ⁵/4 represents the constant of proportionality. In the graph, the slope is ⁵/4, which is also the same last constant of proportionality.

In the table, the constant of change in each pair is ⁵/4 all through.