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To find:The proportional relationship between the cost and number of books and the constant of proportionality.
Answer to Problem 31CR
The cost of the book is proportional to the number of books and the constant of proportionality is
Explanation of Solution
Given information:
The different number of books to their cost is shown in the below table.
Books | ||||
Cost ($) |
Calculation:
Two quantities in which the ratio or rate is constant, then they are to be said proportional and if the rates are not constant, then the quantities are said to be non-proportional. The constant ratio which is defining whether the two quantities are said to be proportional or not is known as constant of proportionality.
The expression for cost of
To obtain the rate of
The expression for cost of
To obtain the rate of
The expression for cost of
To obtain the rate of
The expression for cost of
To obtain the rate of
Since each rate of the above is equal to
Therefore, the cost of the books is proportional to the number of the books and the constant of proportionality is
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