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Directly proportional: as one amount increases, another amount

increases at the same rate.

The symbol for "directly proportional" is ∝

(Don't confuse it with the symbol for infinity ∞)

The "constant of proportionality" is the value that relates the two amounts

This can be written:

y = kx

Where k is the constant of proportionality

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When we know the constant of proportionality we can then answer other questions

Inversely Proportional: when one value decreases at the same rate that the other
increases.

This: y is inversely proportional to x

Is the same thing as: y is directly proportional to 1/x

 k 
Which can be written: y=
 x 

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It is also possible to be proportional to a square, a cube, an exponential, or other function!

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Inverse Square: when one value decreases as the

square of the other value.

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