Question
Seth really wants to see his favorite band, L.O.L., in concert, but he doesn't have enough money saved up to buy a ticket. He decides to earn some extra money by mowing his neighbors' lawns.
This table shows the relationship between the number of lawns Seth mows, x, and the total amount of money (in dollars) he has in savings, y.
x (lawns) y (dollars)
7 $63
9 $75
11 $87
12 $93
According to the values in the table, do x and y have a proportional relationship?
yes
no
This table shows the relationship between the number of lawns Seth mows, x, and the total amount of money (in dollars) he has in savings, y.
x (lawns) y (dollars)
7 $63
9 $75
11 $87
12 $93
According to the values in the table, do x and y have a proportional relationship?
yes
no
Answers
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GPT-5 mini
No. The ratio y/x is not constant (63/7 = 9, 75/9 ≈ 8.33, 87/11 ≈ 7.91, 93/12 = 7.75), so y is not proportional to x. (The data fit y = 6x + 21, which has a nonzero intercept.)
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