Proportional Relationships

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What is a Proportional Relationship?

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A relationship between two quantities where the ratio of one quantity to the other is constant.

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What is the Constant of Proportionality?

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The constant ratio in a proportional relationship, often represented as 'k'.

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How do you find the Constant of Proportionality from a table?

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Divide the values of one quantity by the corresponding values of the other quantity.

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What is a Unit Rate?

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A comparison of two different quantities when they are combined together, expressed as a quantity of one per one unit of the other.

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How do you calculate the Unit Rate?

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Divide the first quantity by the second quantity.

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What is a Ratio?

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A comparison of two quantities, showing how many times one value contains or is contained within the other.

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How do you express a ratio?

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Ratios can be expressed in three ways: as a fraction, with a colon (e.g., 3:2), or with the word 'to' (e.g., 3 to 2).

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If a recipe requires 3 cups of flour for every 2 cups of sugar, what is the ratio of flour to sugar?

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3:2

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How do you solve for distance using speed and time?

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Distance = Speed × Time.

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If Jeff ran 6 miles in 4 hours, how many miles will he run in 6 hours?

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9 miles.