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Expressions & Equations: Linear Equations
Comparison of Graph vs Equation
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Comparison of Graph vs Equation
Introduction
Proportional relationships can be represented in different ways. Two common representations are equations and graphs. Both show the same relationship, but in different f...
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Imagine a bike rental shop that charges $4 per day to rent a bicycle. To represent this using an equation, let x be the number of days, and y be the total cost.
Since the total cost is 4 times the number of days, we write y = 4x.
Here, the number 4 is called the constant of proportionality, meaning the cost increases by $4 for each d...
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