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A recipe requires one quarter cup of milk as a base and then, in addition, 1 cup of milk for every 4 cups of flour. Is this linear relationship also a proportional relationship?
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The relationship is linear but not proportional.
Milk M (cups) = 1/4 + (1/4)·Flour (cups). A proportional relationship must be of the form M = k·Flour and pass through the origin; here M(0) = 1/4 ≠ 0, so it is not proportional.
Milk M (cups) = 1/4 + (1/4)·Flour (cups). A proportional relationship must be of the form M = k·Flour and pass through the origin; here M(0) = 1/4 ≠ 0, so it is not proportional.
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