Darla has a recipe for pot roast. There is a proportional relationship between the weight (in pounds) of the pot roast, x, and the total cooking time (in hours), y. Her recipe says that a 6-pound pot roast should take 3 hours to cook.

Question

The equation for the relationship between x and y is ___=___ ____ Response area = Response areaResponse area
If Darla's pot roast weighs ____Response area pounds, it will take _____ Response area hours to cook.
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Answer 1

The equation for the relationship between x and y is y = kx, where k is a constant.

If Darla's pot roast weighs x pounds, it will take y hours to cook.

If the pot roast weighs 6 pounds, it will take 3 hours to cook.