Dylan is playing with a see-saw on the playground. He puts a piece of tape at specific distances from the center of the see-saw so that there ratio of the distance between the center and the tape and the distance between the center and the right end is always a common fraction. Dylan then records the relationship between the height of the tape and the height of the left end of the see-saw, relative to a neutral position.
Use the pattern you observe in the table below to correctly complete Dylan’s conjectures.
distance from center to tapedistance from center to right end
height of tape
(centimeters)
height of left end
(centimeters)
12
−1
2
12
2
−4
13
−2
6
13
1.5
−4.5
If the tape is placed at 13 of the distance between the center and right end, when the left end is at a height of 18 centimeters, relative to a neutral position, the tape will be at a height of
centimeters, relative to a neutral position.
If the tape is placed at 14 of the distance between the center and right end of the see-saw, then the height of the left end will be
times the height of the tape, relative to a neutral position.