Chapter SH, Problem 6.4.7EP

To determine

To find: Whether the set of numbers in each table is proportional or not.

Answer to Problem 6.4.7EP

The set of numbers in the table is proportional.

Explanation of Solution

Given information:

The table of the set of numbers:

  

The columns in the table represent the different rates of visitors to shoes left by the door.

Here, the rate in the first column can be written in proportion as: $\frac{1}{2}$

The rate in the second column can be written in proportion as: $\frac{2}{4}=\frac{1}{2}$

The rate in the third column can be written in proportion as: $\frac{3}{6}=\frac{1}{2}$

The rate in the fourth column can be written in proportion as: $\frac{4}{8}=\frac{1}{2}$

It is seen that each proportion isequal to each other.

Hence, the set of numbers in the table is proportional.