document.write( "Question 1182969: I am trying to solve the following proportion problem:\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"If p varies proportionally to s, and p = 6 when s = 3, which of the following equations correctly models this relationship?\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "1. p = 2s\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "2. p = s/3
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\n" ); document.write( "3. p = s + 3\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "4. s = 2p\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "I am trying to understand the phrase \"if p varies proportionally to s.\"
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p=ks where k is the constant of proportionality. P is directly proportional to s. This problem.
\n" ); document.write( "p=k/s, P is inversely proportional to s, so if s rises P falls.\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "What models this relationship is p=2s
\n" ); document.write( "numbers 2 and 4 don't work, and while p is equal to s+3, that is not proportional, for 2s should equal 12 in the problem above, but 2s+3 would be 9.
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