Jimmy reads 15 pages in five minutes. Carlo reads 12 pages and six minutes find each constant proportionality showing your work then write a sentence to compare the proportional relationships.

Answer 1

To find the constant proportionality, we need to divide the number of pages read by the time taken.

For Jimmy, the constant proportionality is 15 pages / 5 minutes = 3 pages per minute.

For Carlo, the constant proportionality is 12 pages / 6 minutes = 2 pages per minute.

To compare the proportional relationships, we can say that for every minute, Jimmy reads 3 pages, while Carlo reads 2 pages. Therefore, Jimmy reads more pages per minute compared to Carlo.