SOLUTION: There are 4 quarters in 1 dollar. The total number of dollars is a function of the number of quarters. Does this situation represent a linear or nonlinear function? Explain why.
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Question 1029392: There are 4 quarters in 1 dollar. The total number of dollars is a function of the number of quarters. Does this situation represent a linear or nonlinear function? Explain why. Answer by fractalier(6550) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! It is a linear relationship.
It is so because whatever you do to the number of dollars, you also do the same to get the number of corresponding quarters.
We say that the constant of proportionality is 4 (or 1/4), as in
Q = 4D or
D = f(Q) = Q/4
This is graphed as a straight line.
