8. It takes Joe 12 minutes to ride a roller
coaster four times. Create a table to represent
the relationship between the total time, y, and
the number of rides, x.
8. It takes Joe 12 minutes to ride a roller
coaster four times. Create a table to represent
the relationship between the total time, y, and
the number of rides, x.
x y[min]
1 3
2 6
3 9
What is proportionality?
Let,
Total time of ride a roller is directly proportional to the number of rides, x
y = kx
where k is the rate constant,
put y = 12 and x = 4
12 = 4k
k = 3
Now,
y = 3k
From the above expression, a table can be deduced.
x y[min]
1 3
2 6
3 9