Marta, a whale calf in an aquarium, is fed a special milk formula. Her handler uses a graph to track the number of gallons of formula y the calf drinks in x hours. Is the relationship between x and y linear? Is it proportional? Explain

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Jaylen Rhodes

22 December, 04:54

Marta, a whale calf in an aquarium, is fed a special milk formula. Her handler uses a graph to track the number of gallons of formula y the calf drinks in x hours. Is the relationship between x and y linear? Is it proportional? Explain

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Tiffany Morrow · Answer 1

If Marta's handler uses a graph to track the number of gallons of formula y the calf drinks in x hours then the relationship between x and y is linear and it is proportional. This is because the formula enables the calf to drink more and grow more.