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Proportional relationships: Quantities have a constant ratio, or unit rate

Proportional Relationships . Proportional relationships: Quantities have a constant ratio, or unit rate Nonproportional relationships: Quantities do not have a constant ratio, or unit rate.

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Proportional relationships: Quantities have a constant ratio, or unit rate

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  1. Proportional Relationships Proportional relationships: Quantities have a constant ratio, or unit rate Nonproportional relationships: Quantities do not have a constant ratio, or unit rate

  2. Example 1: The following chart shows how much money Layla earns babysitting. Is the amount of money she earns proportional to the number of hours that she spends babysitting? Find the unit rate of money earned to hours worked for each pair of values. There is a proportional relationship between money earned and hours since all of the ratios have a unit rate of .

  3. Let’s graph this proportional relationship from Ex. 1 on an xy-plane. We typically put time (hours) on the x-axis, and the money earned ($) on the y-axis. Layla’s Babysitting Money y Plot points (x, y) from the table. 22.00 16.50 Money Earned ($) 11.00 5.50 x 1 2 3 4 5 Hours worked • The graph of a proportional relationship: • is a straight line, AND • it passes through the origin, or point (0,0).

  4. We can write an equation to represent the proportional relationship from Ex. 1. Layla’s Babysitting Money y 22.00 16.50 Money Earned ($) 11.00 5.50 x 1 2 3 4 5 Hours worked In words, Money earned = (money per hour)(number of hours) As an equation, y = $5.50 x

  5. Example 2: Movie World charges a $6 monthly membership fee plus $1 per movie rental. Is the monthly cost proportional to the number of movies rented? Explain . Find the unit rate of the monthly cost to the number of rentals for each pair of values. There is NOT a proportional relationship between monthly cost and number of movie rentals since all of the ratios between the two quantities are not equal.

  6. Let’s look at a graph this nonproportional relationship from Ex. 2. Movie rentals will be on the x-axis, and the monthly cost ($) will be on the y-axis. Monthly Cost of Movies from Movie World y 16 14 12 10 Cost ($) 8 6 4 2 • This graph shows a nonproportionalrelationship. • Even though this graph is a straight line, • it does not pass through the origin. x 1 2 3 4 Number of movie rentals

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