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How to determine proportional relationship?

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Answer:

In a graph the line must pass through the origin and it has to be a straight line,

In an table the y over x has to be the same for each one

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to examine the ratio y/x (instead of x/y). If the x and y coordinates form proportional relationships, then there is some non-changing number (a constant) that when multiplied times x will create y. In this example, that number is 3 (y = 3x), and is called the constant of proportionality.

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