6. Which of the following are proportional? Explain why or why not a. Hours work

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6. Which of the following are proportional? Explain why or why not a. Hours worked to Amount of paycheck b. Your GPA Number of hours studied c. Cm on map: Distance traveled in miles d. Number of freshmen dropouts to Number of parties on campus e. Cups of sugar : Cups of flour (cookie recipe) 7. Compare parts of the total cost of attending college by completing the table. Show your work using proportions. Compute part to whole where the total is scaled to 100. Compute part to part scaled to 1 Tuition &Books; & Fees Room &Transportation; Other Board Total Supplies Expenses $2975 $980 $6798 $1572 $14,635 100

Explanation / Answer

a)

Hours worked to amount is proportional to the amount of paycheck. Because if we worked more hours then more work will be done and we will get more money.

b)

Your GPA is proportional to the number of hours studied. If we are studying more hours then we will get more knowledge, because of that we will get high GPA

C)

cm on map is proportional to distance travel in miles. If distance in cm is increasing then distance in miles is also increasing.

d)

Number of freshmen dropouts is proportional to number of parties. Because if a freshmen dropout then he will give party and if more freshmen are dropout then more parties will be done.

e)

Cups of sugar are proportional to cups of flour. Because if we serve more cups of sugar we have to serve more cups of flour

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