The weight of the pet ferret varies directly with its length.

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The constant of proportionality is 
.

The following equation may be used to determine the weight of ferret given its length:

y = 
x

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GPT-4o mini · Answer

To express the relationship between the weight of a ferret (y) and its length (x), you need a constant of proportionality, which we can denote as $k$ . Since the weight varies directly with the length, the relationship can be expressed as:

$y = k x$

In this equation:

$y$ represents the weight of the ferret.
$x$ represents the length of the ferret.
$k$ is the constant of proportionality.

If you have a specific value for the weight and length of a ferret, you can calculate $k$ by rearranging the equation:

$k = \frac{y}{x}$

So, please provide a specific weight or length, or further details, if you want to calculate the constant of proportionality or complete the missing information.