Question

Jimmy reads 15 pages in 5 minutes. Carlo reads 12 pages in 6 minutes. Find each constant of proportionality, showing your work. Then write a sentence to compare the proportional relationships.(2 points)

Answer 1

Make it sound like a 7th grader wrote it

Answer 2

To find the constant of proportionality for Jimmy, we divide the number of pages he reads (15) by the time it takes him to read those pages (5 minutes):

Constant of proportionality for Jimmy = 15/5 = 3

To find the constant of proportionality for Carlo, we divide the number of pages he reads (12) by the time it takes him to read those pages (6 minutes):

Constant of proportionality for Carlo = 12/6 = 2

Therefore, the constant of proportionality for Jimmy is 3 and the constant of proportionality for Carlo is 2.

To compare the proportional relationships, we can say that Jimmy reads 3 pages every 1 minute, while Carlo reads 2 pages every 1 minute. This means that Jimmy reads at a faster rate than Carlo.