3.4.2

Direct Proportion

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Direct Proportion

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Notation

  • This means x is proportional to y.
  • This means there is some number k such that x = ky.
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Proportional to x²

  • If y is proportional to x2 then we write y α x2 and there is some number k such that y = kx2.

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