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To find: Whether the set of numbers in each table is proportional or not.
Answer to Problem 6.4.5EP
The set of numbers in the table is non-proportional.
Explanation of Solution
Given information:
The table of the set of numbers:
The columns in the table represent the different rates of men’s shoe sizes to women’s show sizes.
Here, the rate in the first column can be written in proportion as:
The rate in the second column can be written in proportion as:
The rate in the third column can be written in proportion as:
The rate in the fourth column can be written in proportion as:
It is seen that each proportion is notequal to each other.
Hence, the set of numbers in the table is non-proportional.
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