Creating Equations for Proportional Situations

Creating Equations for Proportional Situations
Introduction

Proportional situations describe relationships where two quantities change at a constant rate. Creating equations for these situations helps represent the...

You’re snacking on baby carrots while doing your homework when you come across a problem in your math book. It shows a table where 4 carrots give 16 calories, 8 carrots give 32 calories, and 12 carrots give 48 calories. You notice that as the number of carrots increases, the calories also increase.

Instead of counting calories one carrot a...