SOLUTION: You and your class are raising money to go on a field trip to Washington D.C. The principal has pledged 500 plus a match of .50 for every dollar your class raises to help pay for t

Question 1125991: You and your class are raising money to go on a field trip to Washington D.C. The principal has pledged 500 plus a match of .50 for every dollar your class raises to help pay for the trip.Describe the relationship between the money your class raises and the money the principal has pledged to donate. Is the relationship proportional? why or why not?

Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
let the amount the class raises =
the amount the principal matches is
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the two amounts are not proportional. The $500
added throws the promotion off
they would be proportional if they were
and
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